Well House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1959. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.
Well House
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-jade-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 November 1959
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Well House, Throop Hollow, Affpuddle and Turnerspuddle, DT2 7JD
- OS grid reference
- SY 826 930
- Coordinates
- 50.73672, -2.247
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a detached cottage, likely dating from the 17th century. It is constructed of cob and brick walls with a thatched roof and a brick chimney stack. The cottage has a two-room plan and includes attics. A ledged door is set within a late brick and tiled porch. The ground floor has two casement windows, one with cast iron lights. A dormer window in the attic also has casements and cast iron lights. Internally, the cottage contains a large open fireplace and deep chamfered beams in the ground floor ceiling. The Royal Commission on Historical Monuments records this building as Monument 32.
Local climate
Well House receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% 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 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% 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 — 1 transaction since 2020
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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