Church Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1984. Cottage.

Church Cottage

WRENN ID
hidden-pier-grain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 May 1984
Type
Cottage
Address
Church Cottage, Minterne Magna
OS grid reference
ST 659 043
Coordinates
50.83763, -2.48451
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Church Cottage is a mid-19th century cottage located in Minterne Magna. It features rubble walls with ashlar dressings and has a gable-ended slate roof with rendered stacks positioned to the left and center, along with terra cotta flues. The building is single storey with an attic and has approximately four windows across its front. Notably, it has ashlar canted bays on both the right and left sides, and the windows are fitted with cast-iron casements that include diamond glazing bars.

Local climate

Church Cottage receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% 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 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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