The Acorn is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 March 1984. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
The Acorn
- WRENN ID
- winter-cobble-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- Mid Dorset and North Poole MP: Vikki Slade (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 March 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Acorn, 15, North Street, Bere Regis, BH20 7LA
- OS grid reference
- SY 848 948
- Coordinates
- 50.753, -2.21582
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Acorn is a detached cottage dating from the late 17th to early 18th century, situated at a right angle to the road in Bere Regis. It has brick walls and a half-hipped thatched roof, with brick stacks featuring oversailing caps. The two-storey south elevation has a brick porch with a tiled gabled roof and a round arched opening. The ground floor has three casement windows with glazing bars, while the first floor has two similar windows. A brick lean-to extension with a tiled roof projects from the east side. The main ground floor room contains a large open fireplace with a timber lintel. The building is recorded in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments as Monument 20.
Local climate
The Acorn receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% 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 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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 — 1 transaction since 2008
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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