House on North Side of the Square, 10 Metres West of Thatch Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 1984. Farmhouse.

House on North Side of the Square, 10 Metres West of Thatch Cottage

WRENN ID
steep-obsidian-larch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 July 1984
Type
Farmhouse
OS grid reference
SY 518 955
Coordinates
50.75772, -2.68445
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This detached farmhouse, built around 1800, is located on the north side of the Square, 10 metres west of Thatch Cottage. The building features dressed stone walls and a thatch roof with gable ends, stone gable copings, and kneelers. There are brick stacks at both the left and right gables. The farmhouse has two storeys and three windows, which are three-light wooden casements with one horizontal glazing bar and arch voussoirs. The front door, situated at the centre, is a plank door with four glass lights and dates from the 19th century. It has a wooden door frame.

Local climate

House on North Side of the Square, 10 Metres West of Thatch Cottage receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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