St Swithin's Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1971. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.

St Swithin's Cottage

WRENN ID
eastward-terrace-kestrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 November 1971
Type
Cottage
Address
St Swithin's Cottage, Long Street, Sherborne, DT9 3BY
OS grid reference
ST 641 166
Coordinates
50.94786, -2.51144
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

St Swithin's Cottage, originally known as Duffs Cottage, is a building dating back to the 17th century, located on the south-east side of Long Street. The structure was formerly four separate dwellings but has since been converted into one residence. It features stone rubble walls and a plaintile roof, with wood casements. The entrance is centrally located. St Swithin's Cottage is part of a group that includes the outbuilding to the south-west of the Eastbury Hotel, the Eastbury Hotel itself, and Nos 1 and 2 Eastbury Cottages.

Local climate

St Swithin's Cottage receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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 1997
  • Related listed building consents — 3 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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