South Grove Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1950. House. 5 related planning applications.
South Grove Cottage
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-pillar-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 May 1950
- Type
- House
- Address
- South Grove Cottage, Trinity Street, Dorchester, DT1 1TU
- OS grid reference
- SY 691 903
- Coordinates
- 50.71212, -2.43816
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
South Grove Cottage is a detached house built in the 18th century. It has two storeys and is constructed from brown brick with a tiled mansard roof. The front elevation facing the street features blind windows, except for the area above the doorway, where there is a bow-shaped oriel window flanked by fluted pilasters and topped with a cornice that has a ball ornament. The back elevation, which faces the garden, also has a similar bow oriel. The central doorway on the street front is round-headed and features a six-panel door with a fanlight above it.
Local climate
South Grove Cottage receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2008
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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