Belle Vue Farm Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 March 1983. Cottage.

Belle Vue Farm Cottage

WRENN ID
broken-mortar-ivory
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 March 1983
Type
Cottage
Address
Belle Vue Farm Cottage, Benleaze Way, Swanage
OS grid reference
SZ 015 784
Coordinates
50.60533, -1.97931
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Belle Vue Farm Cottage is a traditional Purbeck cottage, likely dating from the 18th century. It features walls and a roof made of Purbeck stone, with brick stacks. The cottage is two storeys high and has a lean-to porch on the north side, along with a lower addition to the west. The entrance has a modern door, and the windows are casement style on both the ground and first floors. The building is noted for its picturesque appearance.

Local climate

Belle Vue Farm Cottage receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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