The Old Bakery is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1955. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
The Old Bakery
- WRENN ID
- worn-ashlar-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 July 1955
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Old Bakery, 6, Milton Abbas, Blandford Forum, DT11 0BW
- OS grid reference
- ST 804 017
- Coordinates
- 50.81515, -2.27857
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a detached cottage, likely dating from around 1780. It is constructed of plastered cob walls with a hipped thatched roof and brick end stacks. The cottage is two storeys high. A flush panel door, with glazed upper panels, provides access. On the ground floor, there are two casement windows, each with a central horizontal glazing bar. The first floor features three casement windows with lead lights.
Attached to the rear is a former bakery building, now incorporated into the main house. This building also has plastered cob walls and a thatched roof. It is one storey high with an attic; the ground floor has timber casement windows with diamond-pattern lead lights, and the attic features dormers with similar windows. To the right of the bakery is a smaller, lower outbuilding, originally a stable with a pantiled roof, now used as a garage. The building is listed for its group value.
Local climate
The Old Bakery receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- 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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