Thatch Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 1984. Cottage.

Thatch Cottage

WRENN ID
secret-spandrel-sienna
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 July 1984
Type
Cottage
Address
Thatch Cottage, Powerstock
OS grid reference
SY 518 955
Coordinates
50.75774, -2.68415
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Thatch Cottage is a detached cottage dating from the early 19th century. It features rubble-stone walls and a thatch roof with gable ends. There are brick stacks at the left and right gables, which were added in the 20th century. The cottage is 1½ storeys high and has three windows, which are 2-light wooden casements with horizontal glazing bars and wooden cills. The upper floor includes three half-dormers, each gabled and topped with thatch roofs. The front door is a plank door from the 19th century.

Local climate

Thatch Cottage receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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