April Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 April 1983. Residential. 1 related planning application.
April Cottage
- WRENN ID
- moated-newel-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 April 1983
- Type
- Residential
- Address
- April Cottage, Thorncombe, TA20 4NL
- OS grid reference
- ST 345 027
- Coordinates
- 50.82077, -2.92987
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
April Cottage is a cottage from the 18th century or possibly earlier. It features cob walls that are roughcast and washed, with a half-hipped thatch roof and gable ends. There is one brick chimney, which is off-center and was rebuilt in the 20th century. The cottage is 1.5 storeys high and has two windows, both of which are 20th-century casements, with one being enlarged. At the center, there is a 20th-century thatch-roofed porch, and the entrance has a modern plank door. Additionally, there is a 20th-century outshut on the right side.
Local climate
April Cottage 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 — 4 transactions since 1996
- 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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