Anvil Cottage Anvil Cottage and Cob Cottage, Formerly 1 and 2 Cob Cottage Cob Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.

Anvil Cottage Anvil Cottage and Cob Cottage, Formerly 1 and 2 Cob Cottage Cob Cottage

WRENN ID
strange-casement-magpie
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Type
Cottage
Address
Anvil Cottage Anvil Cottage and Cob Cottage, Formerly 1 and 2 Cob Cottage Cob Cottage, Sea Hill Lane, Chideock, DT6 6LD
OS grid reference
SY 421 927
Coordinates
50.7311, -2.82079
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · EPC · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Two attached cottages, dating from around 1700. The walls are a mixture of stone and cob, rendered and whitewashed. The roofs are thatched with gable ends. A 20th-century brick stack is located on the left-hand gable, and a 20th-century stone stack is on the right-hand gable. The cottages have one and a half storeys and four windows. Anvil Cottage has three-light casement windows with wooden sills and older glass. Cob Cottage has two- and three-light casement windows with small panes of glass. The front door to Anvil Cottage is a 20th-century plank door set within wooden framing and is centrally located. The front door to Cob Cottage is a 20th-century door with glass panels, set into a gable wall. A thatched porch canopy shelters the Cob Cottage entrance. A right-angled extension projects from the rear of Cob Cottage.

Local climate

Anvil Cottage Anvil Cottage and Cob Cottage, Formerly 1 and 2 Cob Cottage Cob Cottage receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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  • Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
  • Sale history — 8 transactions since 1997
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
  • 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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