4, Cliff Place is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 March 1983. Cottage.

4, Cliff Place

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 March 1983
Type
Cottage
Address
4, Cliff Place, Swanage
OS grid reference
SZ 032 786
Coordinates
50.60753, -1.95564
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

4 Cliff Place is a traditional Purbeck cottage, likely dating from the 18th century. It features Purbeck stone walls and a roof, and is two storeys high. The cottage has modern casement windows and a ledged door. It is also noted as RCHM Monument 34.

Local climate

4, Cliff Place receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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