Ridgeway Cottage and Miles Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1985. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.

Ridgeway Cottage and Miles Cottage

WRENN ID
sacred-lancet-fog
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 June 1985
Type
Cottage
Address
Ridgeway Cottage and Miles Cottage, Tower Hill, Iwerne Minster, DT11 8NH
OS grid reference
ST 870 146
Coordinates
50.93083, -2.18597
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Ridgeway Cottage and Miles Cottage are a pair of mid 19th century cottages located on the north side of Tower Hill in Iwerne Minster. The cottages have rendered walls and a tiled roof, featuring a central stack with clustered octagonal brick flues. They are two storeys high and have a two-window range. The upper floor has casement windows with glazing bars of two lights, while the ground floor has casement windows with three lights. There are doors in the outshuts to the left and right of the cottages.

Local climate

Ridgeway Cottage and Miles 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 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% 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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  • Sale history — 5 transactions since 1995
  • Related listed building consents — 2 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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