The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1956. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
The Cottage
- WRENN ID
- patient-basalt-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1956
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Cottage, West Knighton, DT2 8PE
- OS grid reference
- SY 733 878
- Coordinates
- 50.68984, -2.37841
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cottage is a former pair of cottages that has been converted into a single dwelling. It dates from the mid-18th century and may have an earlier core. The building features rubble stone walls that are rendered and painted, topped with a thatched roof that is hipped at both ends. There is a brick stack located left of center on the ridge. The structure is 1½ storeys high and has three windows with irregular spacing, consisting of a mix of two and three light wood casements that include glazing bars. The wood cills and frames are also present. There are two eyebrow dormers, which are three light casements that have been renewed in the 20th century. The door to the left of center is a stable type made of planks and dates from the 20th century, while the door to the right of center is plank and weatherboarded, dating from the 19th century.
Local climate
The Cottage receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2000
- 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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