Church Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 January 1985. Cottages.

Church Cottages

WRENN ID
ragged-hall-dale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 January 1985
Type
Cottages
Address
Church Cottages, 2 and 3, High Street, Ashmore
OS grid reference
ST 911 177
Coordinates
50.95914, -2.12728
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Church Cottages are a pair of cottages, likely built in the mid 19th century. They feature rubble walls with a brick facade in English bond. The cottages have a hipped slate roof and brick stacks that rise from the rear eaves. They are two storeys high and have a seven-window range, with two-light casements that include horizontal glazing bars. Each cottage has a gabled porch. These cottages are included in the listing mainly for their group value.

Local climate

Church Cottages 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 57% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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