Long Reach is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1956. Attached cottage. 1 related planning application.
Long Reach
- WRENN ID
- endless-cellar-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1956
- Type
- Attached cottage
- Address
- Long Reach, 17, Long Street, Cerne Abbas, DT2 7JF
- OS grid reference
- ST 665 011
- Coordinates
- 50.809, -2.47643
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Long Reach is an attached cottage dating from the early 19th century. It has rendered walls painted white and a slate roof with a gable end on the right side. The building is two storeys high and features dormers. The ground floor includes a large canted window with glazing bars, consisting of 20 panes, 12 panes on the front face, and another 20 panes. This window is divided by fluted pilasters and topped with a wood cornice that has Adam-style motifs. On the first floor, there is a 19th-century sash window with thin glazing bars, and to the left, a 20th-century two-light casement window. The dormer also features a two-light casement window from the 20th century. The front door is located on the left side and has six fielded panels with a top light above, which also includes glazing bars.
Local climate
Long Reach receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% 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 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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 — 1 transaction since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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