Pair of Cottages Opposite Anchor Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 1982. Cottage.
Pair of Cottages Opposite Anchor Inn
- WRENN ID
- hidden-loggia-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- Mid Dorset and North Poole MP: Vikki Slade (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 December 1982
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Pair of Cottages Opposite Anchor Inn, West Street, Shapwick
- OS grid reference
- ST 937 017
- Coordinates
- 50.81506, -2.08941
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This pair of cottages, dating from 1734, is located opposite the Anchor Inn on West Street in Shapwick. The cottages feature walls that are partly brick and partly brick with flint banding, topped with thatched roofs and brick chimney stacks. They are two storeys high. The east elevation includes a ledged door, one ground floor casement window with glazing bars, and three fixed windows. On the first floor, there are three casement windows with glazing bars. The entrance to the south cottage is situated in the west wall. Inside, there are some exposed chamfered ceiling beams.
Local climate
Pair of Cottages Opposite Anchor Inn receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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