Church Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1959. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Church Cottage

WRENN ID
standing-stair-twilight
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 November 1959
Type
Cottage
Address
Church Cottage, Worth Matravers, BH19 3LQ
OS grid reference
SY 972 774
Coordinates
50.59658, -2.03997
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Church Cottage is a detached cottage, likely built in the early 19th century. The main section features plastered walls, a stone slate roof, and brick end stacks. It is two storeys high and has a gabled porch with a ledged door. Both the ground and first floors have two casement windows with glazing bars. An extension on the right side has stone walls and a stone slate roof, with a lean-to porch that includes a door with a glass panel and one casement window with glazing bars on the ground floor. This building is included for its group value.

Local climate

Church Cottage receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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