The Nest is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 October 1985. A C18 Cottage.
The Nest
- WRENN ID
- silent-quartz-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 October 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Nest, Milton Road, Milborne St. Andrew
- OS grid reference
- SY 801 977
- Coordinates
- 50.77873, -2.28245
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Nest is a detached cottage, likely built in the late 18th century. It features plastered cob walls resting on a flint base and has a thatched roof that is hipped at the left end. There is a brick chimney stack at the right end of the building. The cottage is two storeys high and has a 20th-century porch with a stable door at the right end. Both the ground and first floors have three casement windows with glazing bars. Inside, there are some exposed ceiling beams.
Local climate
The Nest 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 69% 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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