Cottage 5 Metres South of Elcombe Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 1984. Cottage.
Cottage 5 Metres South of Elcombe Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- endless-hammer-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 July 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- OS grid reference
- SY 492 967
- Coordinates
- 50.76854, -2.72055
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a detached cottage located 5 metres south of Elcombe Farmhouse, dating from the mid-18th century. It features dressed stone walls and a slate roof with gable ends, along with a brick stack at the south gable end. The cottage is two storeys high and has two windows, which are 3-light 20th-century metal casements set in the original openings. The front door is centrally positioned, with straight-chamfered jambs and a very depressed arch-head, and it is a plank door.
Local climate
Cottage 5 Metres South of Elcombe Farmhouse 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 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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