Acton Vale is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1984. Cottage. 5 related planning applications.

Acton Vale

WRENN ID
iron-stronghold-wind
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 December 1984
Type
Cottage
Address
Acton Vale, Langton Matravers, BH19 3JU
OS grid reference
SY 989 784
Coordinates
50.60562, -2.01628
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

A terrace of three cottages, likely dating from the late 18th century, is situated in Acton. The cottages are constructed of rubble stone with stone slate roofs and stone stacks along the ridge. No. 1, at the left end, features two lean-to extensions, one of which is a porch with a part-glazed door. Each ground and first floor contains a single casement window with central glazing bars. The main ground floor room retains a large open fireplace with a stone lintel. No. 2 has a part-glazed door and similarly arranged casement windows to the ground and first floors, with a small fixed window also on the first floor. No. 3 is set forward from No. 2, and includes a small stone porch. The ground floor has a 20th-century bow window with glazing bars, while the first floor has a casement window with lead lights. A projecting wing of one storey and an attic, situated at the right end, has a 20th-century casement window. The cottages remain largely unaltered, contrasting with other properties in the area that have undergone modifications.

Local climate

Acton Vale 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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