The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1985. House. 1 related planning application.
The Cottage
- WRENN ID
- outer-keep-tarn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 October 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Cottage, Village Street, Tarrant Gunville, DT11 8JN
- OS grid reference
- ST 925 128
- Coordinates
- 50.91499, -2.10774
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cottage is a detached house dating from the late 18th century. It is rendered and whitewashed, sitting on a flint plinth, and features a thatched roof with brick stacks at each end. The building has a symmetrical design, consisting of two storeys and three bays. It includes 2-light casements with horizontal glazing bars and a central porch that has a part-glazed plank door.
Local climate
The 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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