4 and 5, Milton Abbas is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1955. Cottage. 5 related planning applications.
4 and 5, Milton Abbas
- WRENN ID
- guardian-nave-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 July 1955
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 4 and 5, Milton Abbas, Blandford Forum, DT11 0BW
- OS grid reference
- ST 804 017
- Coordinates
- 50.81511, -2.27887
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These are a pair of cottages dating from around 1780. They are constructed with plastered cob walls, and have a hipped thatched roof with brick end stacks. The cottages are two storeys high. The front door is panelled and features glazed upper panels. The ground floor has two windows with a cross pattern and lead lights. The first floor has three casements with lead lights. Number 5 has a single-storey porch addition to the right-hand end, with a hipped tiled roof. This porch contains a ledged door and a casement window with glazing bars. The cottages are documented in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, Dorset Volume III, Monument 7.
Local climate
4 and 5, Milton Abbas 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 2006
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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