Challows Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1959. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Challows Cottage

WRENN ID
lesser-foundation-heron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 November 1959
Type
Cottage
Address
Challows Cottage, 47, East Street, Corfe Castle, BH20 5EE
OS grid reference
SY 961 819
Coordinates
50.63751, -2.05568
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Challows Cottage is a cottage located at the left end of a terrace on East Street in Corfe Castle. It has origins dating back to the 17th century and has been altered over time. The cottage features rubble stone walls and a stone slate roof, with a brick stack situated at the right end. It is one storey high with an attic. The entrance has a porch with a lean-to roof, and there is a second doorway that has been blocked. There are no ground floor windows. In the attic, there are three gabled dormers that contain 20th-century casements with diamond lead lights, along with a small window under the eaves that also features diamond lead lights. The interior has undergone significant alterations. The cottage is included for its group value.

Local climate

Challows Cottage 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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