Walden Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1955. Cottage.
Walden Cottage
- WRENN ID
- calm-flint-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- Mid Dorset and North Poole MP: Vikki Slade (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1955
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Walden Cottage, Back Lane, Sturminster Marshall
- OS grid reference
- ST 948 002
- Coordinates
- 50.80162, -2.07387
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Walden Cottage is a cottage that dates from the 17th century, with restorations from the early 19th century and 20th century. The building features some exposed timber framing, painted brick infill, and other types of walling. It has a thatched roof with a deep eyebrow dormer. The east front of the cottage is one storey with an attic and has three windows above a plain doorway, all of which are casements.
Local climate
Walden Cottage receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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 — 3 transactions since 1995
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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