Benville Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 December 1983. Cottage.

Benville Cottage

WRENN ID
solemn-cloister-wind
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 December 1983
Type
Cottage
Address
Benville Cottage, Benville Lane, Corscombe
OS grid reference
ST 536 035
Coordinates
50.82997, -2.65917
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Benville Cottage is a detached cottage dating from the 18th century, with renovations from the 20th century. It features rubble-stone walls and a thatched roof with gable ends. There are brick stacks at both the left and right gables. The cottage has two storeys and two 20th-century wooden casement windows with glazing bars, concrete lintels, and wooden sills. The front door, located at the centre, is a plank and muntin style from the 20th century. A hipped thatch porch canopy supported by two stout wooden posts is present. The front garden is enclosed by iron railings with arrow-heads and loops.

Local climate

Benville Cottage 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 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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