The Shieling is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1984. Cottage.
The Shieling
- WRENN ID
- nether-niche-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Shieling, Ryall Road, Ryall, Whitchurch Canonicorum, DT6 6EG
- OS grid reference
- SY 405 946
- Coordinates
- 50.74883, -2.84335
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Shieling is a 18th-century single cottage located on Ryall Road in Whitchurch Canonicorum. It features washed rubble walls and a patent tile roof with gable ends. The cottage is one and a half storeys high and has three wooden casement windows with wood glazing bars, one of which includes lead lights. The front door, situated at the former center of the building, is a plank door with a wooden frame. A brick stack is located at the former left-hand gable. Inside, there is a large open fireplace with brick jambs and a chamfered wooden lintel above. The cottage has a gable end facing the lane and forms a matching pair with Birds Cottage.
Local climate
The Shieling receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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 — 2 transactions since 2002
- No related consent applications matched
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