15 and 16, Milton Abbas is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1955. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.

15 and 16, Milton Abbas

WRENN ID
solemn-groin-claret
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 July 1955
Type
Cottage
Address
15 and 16, Milton Abbas, Blandford Forum, DT11 0BW
OS grid reference
ST 805 018
Coordinates
50.81542, -2.2771
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos. 15 and 16 in Milton Abbas are a pair of cottages built around 1780. They feature plastered cob walls and hipped thatched roofs, with brick stacks at each end. The cottages are two storeys high. The ground floor includes a ledged door and two windows with a cross pattern, with the window in No. 16 showing remnants of lead lights. On the first floor, there are three casement windows, also with lead lights.

Local climate

15 and 16, 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2011
  • 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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