51, The Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1960. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.
51, The Cross
- WRENN ID
- sunken-spandrel-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 October 1960
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 51, The Cross, Okeford Fitzpaine, DT11 0RF
- OS grid reference
- ST 806 108
- Coordinates
- 50.89718, -2.27656
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 51 is a cottage from the 18th century located in Okeford Fitzpaine. It is built from whitewashed rubble and cob, topped with a thatched roof that has gable and half-hipped ends, along with a brick stack on the left side. The cottage has one and a half storeys and features a short range with irregular window placements. There is a 2-light casement window with glazing bars and a glazed front door set beneath a continuous lintel. Above, there is a 3-light casement window also with glazing bars.
Local climate
51, The Cross receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2016
- 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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