The Old Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1951. Cottage.
The Old Cottage
- WRENN ID
- sombre-garret-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 December 1951
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Old Cottage, Powerstock
- OS grid reference
- SY 516 961
- Coordinates
- 50.76303, -2.68647
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Cottage is a detached cottage dating from the 18th century, located in Powerstock Village. It features rubble-stone walls and a patent tile roof, with 20th-century brick stacks at the end gables. The cottage is two storeys high and has approximately three windows, which are three-light wooden casements with glazing bars, wooden cills, and lintels. The front door is a 20th-century design made of planks and muntins, featuring one glass light. The rear elevation has two-light wooden casements. There are also 20th-century extensions on the west wall, which are stone-built and have pentice roofs.
Local climate
The Old Cottage 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 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% 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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