Watercoombes is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 1984. Detached house. 2 related planning applications.
Watercoombes
- WRENN ID
- standing-forge-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 July 1984
- Type
- Detached house
- Address
- Watercoombes, Powerstock, DT6 3SJ
- OS grid reference
- SY 501 963
- Coordinates
- 50.76483, -2.70842
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Watercoombes is a detached house built in the mid 18th century, with a date noted in a 1737 indenture. The house features dressed stone walls and a thatched roof with gable ends, which have stone gable copings and moulded ogee kneelers. There are 20th-century brick stacks at each gable end. The building is two storeys high and has three windows, which are 2-light wooden casements with glazing bars and pegged frames, dating from the 19th century or earlier. The windows do not have cills. The front door, located at the center, is from the 19th century and has fielded panels with two top lights. The ground floor windows and doors have projecting stone keys. Inside, the right-hand room features a stone fireplace with a square head and moulded jambs, dating from the 16th century.
Local climate
Watercoombes 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2004
- 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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