April Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 January 1985. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

April Cottage

WRENN ID
winter-tallow-gilt
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 January 1985
Type
Cottage
Address
April Cottage, Bozley Hill, Cann, SP7 0BL
OS grid reference
ST 871 210
Coordinates
50.98882, -2.18426
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

April Cottage is a cottage, probably dating from the late 18th century. It features coursed rubble walls and a thatched, gable-ended roof with brick stacks at both ends. There is a plat-band present. The building is two storeys high and has a two-window range, with two-light casements that include glazing bars. A 20th-century glazed porch has been added.

Local climate

April Cottage receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 5 transactions since 2003
  • 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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