The Knapp is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1959. A C18 Cottage.
The Knapp
- WRENN ID
- buried-steeple-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 November 1959
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Knapp, 10, East Street, Corfe Castle
- OS grid reference
- SY 960 821
- Coordinates
- 50.63897, -2.05699
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Knapp is a cottage in a terrace, dating from the late 18th century. It features rubble stone walls and a stone slate roof, with a brick stack located at the right end. The building is two storeys high with an attic. The entrance consists of a ledged door set beneath a segmental arch. On the ground floor, there are two casement windows, both positioned under segmental arches, with the one at the left end being reduced in width. The first floor also has two casements with glazing bars, with the left end window similarly reduced in width. The attic includes one hipped dormer that has a 20th-century metal casement.
Local climate
The Knapp receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1995
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