4, 5 and 6, Hewood Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. Cottages. 1 related planning application.
4, 5 and 6, Hewood Cottages
- WRENN ID
- tired-groin-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cottages
- Address
- 4, 5 and 6, Hewood Cottages, Thorncombe, TA20 4NR
- OS grid reference
- ST 357 030
- Coordinates
- 50.8234, -2.91316
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hewood Cottages, consisting of Nos 4, 5, and 6, is a range of cottages dating from the 17th to 18th century. The cottages are built with stone rubble and have plastered walls. They feature a thatched roof with gabled and hipped ends, as well as a hipped corner, and are arranged in an L-shaped plan. The cottages are one and a half storeys high and have four and six window ranges, with various small casements from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. The doorways are plain and include both glazed and plank doors. Additionally, there are brick chimney stacks located over the ridge and at the gable ends.
Local climate
4, 5 and 6, Hewood Cottages receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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