Chescombe House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1955. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Chescombe House
- WRENN ID
- fallow-flint-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1955
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Chescombe House, 31, Long Street, Cerne Abbas, DT2 7JG
- OS grid reference
- ST 666 011
- Coordinates
- 50.80938, -2.4749
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Chescombe House comprises two attached cottages dating from the 18th century, significantly altered in the 20th century. The cottages have roughcast walls painted white, with roofs of Roman tile and slate. Brick stacks are visible at the left-hand end of the slate roof and at the right gable. The cottages are two storeys high and have a three-window front to each. No. 31 features sashes with glazing-bars, as well as two 3-light casements. No. 33 has 2- and 3-light metal casements, also with glazing-bars, dating to the 20th century. Both cottages have 20th-century wooden front doors located towards the party wall. The building has group value, contributing to the character of the surrounding area.
Local climate
Chescombe House receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% 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 — 4 transactions since 2003
- 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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