Lower Farm Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1985. Row of cottages.
Lower Farm Cottages
- WRENN ID
- vacant-courtyard-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 October 1985
- Type
- Row of cottages
- Address
- Lower Farm Cottages, Chettle
- OS grid reference
- ST 952 134
- Coordinates
- 50.92028, -2.06836
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lower Farm Cottages is a row of three cottages built in the late 18th century, with various alterations made in the 19th century. The cottages feature Flemish bond brickwork and have a thatched roof, with a tiled bay on the right side. There are brick stacks located between the cottages. The buildings are two storeys high and have a total of six windows. Each cottage has 2-light casements with glazing bars set under flat, rubbed brick arches. The cottage on the left has 19th-century hood moulds over its windows. The doors are plain planks located in gabled porches, except for the left-hand cottage, which has a 20th-century porch.
Local climate
Lower Farm Cottages receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% 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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