5, The Plocks is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 October 1950. Cottage.
5, The Plocks
- WRENN ID
- last-quartz-twilight
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 October 1950
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 5, The Plocks, Blandford Forum
- OS grid reference
- ST 885 064
- Coordinates
- 50.85725, -2.16425
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
5 The Plocks is a mid-18th century or later, two-storey cottage with attics, featuring a three-window red brick front. The building has a mansard roof with dormers and includes sash windows, one of which is blind. The doorway opening is plain. This cottage is listed as part of a group that includes Coupar House, Walls, Railings and Stables, Limetree House, and Nos 2, 3, 5, and 7.
Local climate
5, The Plocks 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 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% 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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