Woodlands is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1955. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.

Woodlands

WRENN ID
cold-niche-tarn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 July 1955
Type
Cottage
Address
Woodlands, 36-37, Milton Abbas, Blandford Forum, DT11 0BP
OS grid reference
ST 807 018
Coordinates
50.81588, -2.27467
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a detached cottage, likely dating from around 1780. It has walls built of cob (a traditional rural material) which have been plastered. The roof is thatched and hipped, with brick stacks at each end. The cottage is two storeys high. A ledged door has a small glass panel. The ground floor has two windows with a cross pattern and leaded lights, while the first floor has three casement windows also with leaded lights. The building is recorded in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments as Monument 7 in Volume III of their Dorset survey.

Local climate

Woodlands 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 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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 — 2 transactions since 2011
  • Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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  • 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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