5, 6, 7 and 8, South Street is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 November 1959. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
5, 6, 7 and 8, South Street
- WRENN ID
- spare-granite-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 November 1959
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 5, 6, 7 and 8, South Street, Corfe Castle, BH20 5LL
- OS grid reference
- SY 956 795
- Coordinates
- 50.61552, -2.06339
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A block of four cottages, likely dating from the early 19th century, with the south end rebuilt around 1960 following war damage. The cottages are constructed of rubble stone with stone slate roofs. Nos. 6 and 7 form a pair, while Nos. 5 and 8 project as a rear wing, which may originally have been a single cottage with flying freeholds. The building features stone end and central stacks, a brick stack at the junction of the main range and rear wing, and a stone stack at the end of the wing.
No. 6, at the left end, has no windows facing the road front, but features a part-glazed panelled door and one first-floor casement in the left gable wall. No. 7, at the right end, has a part-glazed panelled door on the front, with two casements on the ground floor beneath stone relieving arches. The first floor has three casements, one with glazing bars, one with a central horizontal glazing bar, and one with a top-hung vent. Two gabled dormers with casements featuring a central horizontal bar are present in the attic.
Nos. 5 and 8, in the rear wing, are also two storeys and attic. The south wall of the wing has a ledged door with a small glass panel (leading to No. 5), with the upper part of the wall plastered. A ledged door (leading to No. 8) is on the north wall. The ground floor of the wing has two casements with central horizontal glazing bars under stone relieving arches. Two similar casements with wood lintels are on the first floor. A single gabled dormer with casements featuring glazing bars sits in the attic. A small, matching lean-to addition is located at the outer end of the wing.
Local climate
5, 6, 7 and 8, South Street 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2010
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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