Meads Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 June 1986. Detached cottage.

Meads Cottage

WRENN ID
moated-hearth-cobweb
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 June 1986
Type
Detached cottage
Address
Meads Cottage, Barton Hill, Melbury Osmond
OS grid reference
ST 575 078
Coordinates
50.86888, -2.60526
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Meads Cottage is a detached cottage from the late 18th century, with 19th-century alterations to its windows. It features rubble-stone walls and a thatched roof with gable ends, along with brick stacks at each gable end. The cottage has two storeys and four windows, which are cast-iron casements with glazing bars, wooden cills, and lintels, arranged in combinations of three lights and two lights. The front door, located just left of centre, is a plank and glazed design from the 20th century. There are also 19th-century brick outhouses situated towards the lane. The cottage faces south, away from the lane.

Local climate

Meads Cottage receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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