Pixies Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 October 1983. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Pixies Cottage

WRENN ID
standing-attic-linden
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 October 1983
Type
Cottage
Address
Pixies Cottage, 2, Grove Lane, Stalbridge, DT10 2RD
OS grid reference
ST 734 178
Coordinates
50.95945, -2.37956
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Pixies Cottage is a cottage dating from around 1800. It is constructed of coursed rubble and features a thatched roof. The cottage has gable chimneys made of stone, with the left chimney capped in brick. It stands two storeys tall and has a four-window range, with 20th-century wooden casements that have wooden lintels. The ground floor windows include glazing bars. There is a blocked door located between the first and second bays.

Local climate

Pixies Cottage receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 2002
  • 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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