Cottage 12 Metres East of Manor Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1985. Barn, cottage.

Cottage 12 Metres East of Manor Farmhouse

WRENN ID
ragged-chamber-plover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 May 1985
Type
Barn, cottage
OS grid reference
SY 627 898
Coordinates
50.70684, -2.5292
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This building is a cottage, originally a barn, located 12 metres east of Manor Farmhouse in Steepleton Village. It dates from the 18th century and has been refashioned in the 20th century. The cottage features rubble-stone walls with brick in the south gable and has a thatched roof with gable ends. There is a brick stack at the south gable. The structure is one storey high and has two windows, which are 2-light iron casements with lead lights from the 20th century. Additionally, there are two plank doors, also from the 20th century.

Local climate

Cottage 12 Metres East of Manor Farmhouse receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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