Blaise Hamlet, Dial Cottage is a Grade I listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 January 1959. A Georgian Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Blaise Hamlet, Dial Cottage
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Bristol, City of
- Constituency
- Bristol North West MP: Darren Jones (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 January 1959
- Type
- Cottage
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Blaise Hamlet, Dial Cottage, 7, Hallen Road, BS10 7QY
- OS grid reference
- ST 559 789
- Coordinates
- 51.50733, -2.63584
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dial Cottage is a cottage built in 1812 by John Nash and George Repton for J.S. Harford. It features a combination of random rubble and brick construction, with brick lateral stacks and a half-hipped roof covered in stone tiles. The cottage has a single-depth plan and is designed in a picturesque style, comprising one storey and an attic with a one-window range.
On the left side, there is a pent roof over a plank door that extends back and to the right, while the right side has a service extension beneath a brick wall. The windows include leaded casements, with a three-light front bay and two-light windows in the gable above. An exterior stack is located on the right, featuring three round stacks made with faceted cut bricks and a moulded cap.
Although the interior was not inspected, it is reported to include a winder stair, a sitting room, and a pantry. The cottage was arranged by Harford for his retired employees and is part of an irregular layout that is considered the "nec plus ultra of picturesque layout and design" according to Pevsner. The cottages are situated around an open green and were modernised around 1975.
Local climate
Blaise Hamlet, Dial Cottage receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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