Leeson Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1952. A 17th century Cottage.

Leeson Cottage

WRENN ID
guardian-slate-dale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 June 1952
Type
Cottage
Period
17th century
Address
Leeson Cottage, 32, Bell Street, Swanage
OS grid reference
SZ 017 788
Coordinates
50.60963, -1.97666
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Leeson Cottage is a pair of traditional Purbeck cottages, likely originating from the 17th century. They feature Purbeck Stone walls and roofs and are two storeys high with attics. No 32 has a central ledged door with glazed panels, two casement windows on the ground floor, and one casement window on the first floor. There is a dormer in the attic with a hipped roof and a casement window. No 34 has a modern glazed door and two modern casement windows on both the ground and first floors, with one first-floor window extended to create a part-dormer. There is also a dormer in the attic with a hipped roof and a casement window.

Local climate

Leeson Cottage receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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