Crofters is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 October 1985. Cottage.

Crofters

WRENN ID
still-minaret-merlin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 October 1985
Type
Cottage
Address
Crofters, Sackville Street, Winterborne Kingston
OS grid reference
SY 862 976
Coordinates
50.77851, -2.1965
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Crofters is a 17th-century cottage located in Winterborne Kingston. The building is rendered and whitewashed, topped with a thatched roof and features brick stacks at both ends of the original range. There are extensions on the left and right sides of the cottage. It stands two storeys high and has a two-window range for the original dwelling. On the ground floor, there are two 20th-century thatched bay windows flanking a central plank door. The other windows consist of two and three lights and include horizontal glazing bars. Inside, the cottage features chamfered beams.

Local climate

Crofters receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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