Sycamore Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1984. Cottage.

Sycamore Cottage

WRENN ID
ragged-alcove-peregrine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 May 1984
Type
Cottage
Address
Sycamore Cottage, Melcombe Horsey
OS grid reference
ST 762 026
Coordinates
50.82247, -2.3386
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Sycamore Cottage is a cottage, likely built in the early 18th century. It features rendered walls and a hipped, thatched roof with a brick stack located to the left of the ridge. The cottage is one and a half storeys high and has approximately three window openings. The windows are casements with glazing bars. There is a part-glazed wooden door on the right side and a second door at the extreme left.

Local climate

Sycamore 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 69% 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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