Lawrence's Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1985. Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.

Lawrence's Cottage

WRENN ID
empty-plinth-wind
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 May 1985
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Lawrence's Cottage, Abbotsbury, DT3 4LA
OS grid reference
SY 552 853
Coordinates
50.6658, -2.6352
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Lawrence's Cottage is a former farmhouse dating from the early to mid-18th century. It features rubble-stone walls and a thatched roof with gable ends, along with a catslide over the rear outshut. There are 19th-century brick stacks at the gable ends, and the building is one and a half storeys tall. It has four windows, which include two- and three-light large wooden casements with glazing bars set in extended openings, and wooden cills. There are two wooden lintels on the right side, and one small wooden casement with glazing bars located at the upper centre left. The upper floor windows have large eyebrows and are 20th-century enlargements of the original openings.

At the centre of the south wall, there is a porch made of rubble-stone with a slate pentice roof, featuring a plank door on the east side with one glass light. The current entrance door is located at the rear and is a 20th-century addition with a thatch canopy above. Inside, the cottage has open fireplaces with wooden lintels over each gable, and the ceiling beams have a slight chamfer.

Local climate

Lawrence's Cottage receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2007
  • 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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