Michaelmas Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1955. Cottage.
Michaelmas Cottage
- WRENN ID
- rough-brick-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 July 1955
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Michaelmas Cottage, Winterborne Houghton
- OS grid reference
- ST 818 044
- Coordinates
- 50.83927, -2.25928
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Michaelmas Cottage is a cottage that likely dates back to the 17th century but has been significantly modernized in the 20th century. It features rendered, whitewashed walls and a half-hipped, thatched roof. There is a 20th-century brick chimney along the ridge on the right side. The building is partly single storey and partly one and a half storeys, with irregularly placed windows. The windows are 2 and 3-light 20th-century casements that do not have glazing bars. Additionally, there is a 20th-century porch and door located near the right side of the cottage.
Local climate
Michaelmas Cottage 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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