The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 1961. Cottage.
The Cottage
- WRENN ID
- small-attic-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 July 1961
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Cottage, High Street, Yetminster
- OS grid reference
- ST 595 108
- Coordinates
- 50.89526, -2.57706
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cottage is a terraced cottage that likely dates from the 17th century, with alterations made in the 18th century. It features rubble stone walls and has a slate roof with a brick stack at the left end. The building is two storeys high. The ground floor includes a ledged door that is sheltered by a small hood, along with one casement window that has glazing bars. The first floor has similar windows. It is important to note that the right-hand part of this cottage, specifically the windows to the right of the door, is now part of Minster Cottage.
Local climate
The 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 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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