Broomdown is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1986. Cottage.
Broomdown
- WRENN ID
- former-pedestal-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- Mid Dorset and North Poole MP: Vikki Slade (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1986
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Broomdown, Holt
- OS grid reference
- SU 033 029
- Coordinates
- 50.82573, -1.9539
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Broomdown is a cottage with an attached barn located in Broomhill, dating from the late 18th to early 19th century. The cottage features brick walls, likely a facing on cob, while the barn has plastered cob walls. It has a thatched roof that is hipped at the left end, with brick stacks at each end of the cottage. The cottage is one storey with an attic and includes a glazed conservatory on the front wall. The entrance has a part glazed panelled door, and the ground floor has one casement window with horizontal glazing bars, with the possibility of another window concealed by plant growth. The attic contains two dormers with casement windows featuring glazing bars. The barn has a ledged door and the property is largely unaltered.
Local climate
Broomdown receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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