Fernhill Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1986. Cottage.
Fernhill Cottage
- WRENN ID
- lone-chimney-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1986
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Fernhill Cottage, Witchampton
- OS grid reference
- ST 988 062
- Coordinates
- 50.85538, -2.01786
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Fernhill Cottage is a detached cottage, which was formerly two cottages, likely built in the 18th century. It features colourwashed brick walls and a thatched roof, with brick stacks at both ends and in the center. The left section of the cottage is two stories tall, while the right section is one story with an attic. The left section has a central bay that projects slightly, with a dentil cornice at the eaves on each side. There is an added porch that is semi-circular in plan, topped with a conical tiled roof supported by timber posts, and it has a part-glazed ledged door.
On the ground floor of the left section, there are two sash windows with glazing bars, set under gauged arches. The first floor features three sash windows with vertical glazing bars, also under gauged arches. The right section, which is one story with an attic, has three casement windows with glazing bars on the ground floor, and the attic includes one dormer with similar casements. At the rear, there is a single-story lean-to that has a roof partly thatched and partly covered with corrugated sheets. Inside, one of the ground floor rooms contains a large open fireplace with a timber lintel and a bread oven.
Local climate
Fernhill Cottage receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1996
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