Russet Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1984. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.
Russet Cottage
- WRENN ID
- standing-granite-storm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 June 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Russet Cottage, Scotchy Lane, Stour Provost, SP8 5LS
- OS grid reference
- ST 805 222
- Coordinates
- 50.99934, -2.27921
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Russet Cottage is a late 18th-century cottage located on Scotchy Lane in Stour Provost. It is constructed of rubble walls and has a thatched, gable-ended roof. Brick stacks are situated at the ends of the original section of the building. The cottage has two storeys and originally featured an irregular two-window arrangement with a central door. It incorporates two-light casement windows with glazing bars. A tiled extension has been added to the left side. The cottage is documented in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, Dorset, volume IV, page 82, entry number 26.
Local climate
Russet Cottage receives an average of 830 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 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2010
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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