Lilac Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 January 1985. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
Lilac Cottages
- WRENN ID
- unlit-joist-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 January 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Lilac Cottages, 1 and 2, Bourton, SP8 5DE
- OS grid reference
- ST 779 307
- Coordinates
- 51.0757, -2.31587
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lilac Cottages is a semi-detached pair of cottages built in the early 19th century. They are constructed from coursed rubble and feature a gable-ended tiled roof with brick stacks at each end. The facade is symmetrical, and there is a rear wing. The cottages are two storeys high with three bays. They have stone lintels with keystones, sash windows with glazing bars, and a 20th-century part-glazed door that is recessed under a semi-circular stone arch. Although they are semi-detached, the design gives the appearance of a single house.
Local climate
Lilac Cottages receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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