Melissa Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 October 1984. Cottage.
Melissa Cottage
- WRENN ID
- still-string-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 October 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Melissa Cottage, 62, Church Lane, Wool
- OS grid reference
- SY 847 864
- Coordinates
- 50.67785, -2.21694
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Melissa Cottage is an 18th-century cottage that was altered in the 19th century. It features plastered walls on a stone base and has a tiled roof with a brick stack. The cottage is two storeys high and has been recently extended to the north in a similar style. The modern porch has a stable door and a shingled roof. On the ground floor, there are three horizontally sliding sash windows and one casement window, all with glazing bars. The first floor has four similar windows. One room on the ground floor includes a large open fireplace with a bread oven. The cottage is included for its group value.
Local climate
Melissa Cottage 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 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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 2025
- No related consent applications matched
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