Nos 1 and 2 Jessamine Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1986. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Nos 1 and 2 Jessamine Cottages
- WRENN ID
- ruined-pinnacle-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1986
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Nos 1 and 2 Jessamine Cottages, Witchampton, BH21 5AT
- OS grid reference
- ST 989 066
- Coordinates
- 50.85947, -2.01594
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 1 and 2 Jessamine Cottages are a pair of semi-detached cottages dating from the late 18th century to early 19th century. They have brick walls, with No. 1 being plastered, and feature a thatched roof that is hipped at the left end. There are two brick stacks, one centrally located and the other at the right end, both with oversailing caps and dentil ornament. The cottages are positioned at right angles to the road and are two storeys high.
No. 1 has a ledged door set in a trellised porch with a gabled tiled roof. Both the ground and first floors of No. 1 have two casements with glazing bars. No. 2 features a part glazed panelled door in a timber porch that has a curved roof, cornice, and shaped timber uprights. Similar to No. 1, both floors of No. 2 also have two casements with glazing bars. There is a small single-storey extension at the right end of No. 2, which has a tiled roof and a part glazed door.
Local climate
Nos 1 and 2 Jessamine Cottages receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2022
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- 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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