Turnpike Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 February 1983. Cottage.
Turnpike Cottage
- WRENN ID
- lesser-pavement-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- Mid Dorset and North Poole MP: Vikki Slade (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 February 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Turnpike Cottage, 8, Leigh Road, Wimborne Minster
- OS grid reference
- SZ 012 998
- Coordinates
- 50.79791, -1.98344
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Turnpike Cottage is an early 19th-century building that was originally a pair of cottages designed in the "Cottage Orne" style. It is positioned at right angles to the road and features plastered walls that are roughcast with smooth surrounds around the openings. The cottage has a thatched roof and brick stacks, and it is a single storey.
The central section of the cottage is recessed between projecting blocks at each end. The east front, which serves as the entrance, has an ornamental timber verandah along the recessed section, with the roof extending down over this area. There are two ledged doors, one located at each end of the verandah in the side walls of the projecting blocks. The west front originally had two doors in round-arched openings, but one has been converted into a window. All windows feature stone mullions and cast iron casements with ornamental glazing that includes some coloured glass.
Local climate
Turnpike Cottage receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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