Dog Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1955. Cottage.

Dog Cottage

WRENN ID
salt-moat-tallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 July 1955
Type
Cottage
Address
Dog Cottage, Village Street, Farnham
OS grid reference
ST 957 152
Coordinates
50.93629, -2.06162
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Dog Cottage is a pair of cottages that have been combined into one house, dating from the early to mid 18th century, with alterations made in the 20th century. The building is constructed of cob on a flint and brick plinth, topped with a thatched roof featuring half-hipped ends. Each cottage has a brick stack at the left gable end.

The exterior is two storeys and one storey with an attic, presenting an asymmetrical southeast front with five windows. The windows are a mix of two, three, and four-light casements with small panes. There is a glazed door on the left and plank doors at the centre and right, along with two small windows at the rear.

Inside, the cottage features chamfered ceiling beams with run-out stops. The right-hand room includes a brick fireplace with a chamfered timber bressumer also featuring run-out stops. The interior retains 18th-century two-panel and plank doors, along with a tenoned purlin roof structure.

Local climate

Dog Cottage receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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