The Beehive is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1956. A C18 Cottage. 1 related planning application.

The Beehive

WRENN ID
old-lantern-ivory
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 January 1956
Type
Cottage
Address
The Beehive, Church Lane, Osmington, DT3 6EL
OS grid reference
SY 724 831
Coordinates
50.64697, -2.39078
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Beehive is a detached cottage dating from the 18th century, which has been significantly restored in the 20th century. It features rubblestone walls with dressed stone quoins and a thatched roof that is half hipped to the south and gabled to the east. There is a 20th-century brick stack located at the center of the ridge. The cottage is 1½ storeys high and has two windows on the west wall, which are 20th-century, two-light metal casements with lead lights. The gable end wall has three-light casements. There are two doors: one at the north end of the west wall, which is a glazed plank-and-muntin door from the 20th century, and another in the southeast angle, also a glazed plank-and-muntin door from the 20th century.

Local climate

The Beehive receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2024
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
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