Manor Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1985. Cottage.

Manor Cottage

WRENN ID
guardian-pier-furze
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 May 1985
Type
Cottage
Address
Manor Cottage, High Street, Toller Porcorum
OS grid reference
SY 563 979
Coordinates
50.77933, -2.62105
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Manor Cottage is a detached cottage dating from the late 18th century. It features rubble stone walls that are painted white and has a half-hipped thatch roof with a brick stack at the center of the ridge. The cottage is two storeys high and has three windows, which are three-light casements with wooden frames and a cast-iron opening casement in the center. Wooden lintels are present above the windows. The entrance has a plank door located at the center, which is sheltered by a thatch porch canopy added in the 20th century.

Local climate

Manor Cottage receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% 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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