Rainshill is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1984. Cottage.

Rainshill

WRENN ID
peeling-bracket-laurel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 January 1984
Type
Cottage
Address
Rainshill, Shute's Lane, Symondsbury
OS grid reference
SY 439 938
Coordinates
50.74174, -2.79585
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Rainshill is a single cottage dating from the early 18th century. It features washed rubble-stone walls and a thatched roof that is hipped on the left side and half-hipped on the right. There is one brick stack located at the center of the ridge. The cottage is 1½ storeys high and has two windows, which are wooden casements with glazing bars and wooden lintels. Additionally, there are three-light casements with leaded lights in the eyebrow dormers. The front door, located at the center, is made of planks.

Local climate

Rainshill 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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