Brightside is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1959. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Brightside

WRENN ID
forbidden-beam-rye
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 November 1959
Type
Cottage
Address
Brightside, 79, East Street, Corfe Castle
OS grid reference
SY 962 817
Coordinates
50.63507, -2.05394
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Brightside is a cottage located at the end of a terrace on East Street in Corfe Castle. It dates from the late 18th century to early 19th century and features rubble stone walls and a stone slate roof with brick end stacks. The building is two storeys high and has a part-glazed door. Both the ground and first floors each have two sash windows with a central glazing bar.

Local climate

Brightside receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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