Shepherds Close is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 October 1985. Cottage.

Shepherds Close

WRENN ID
tilted-truss-harvest
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 October 1985
Type
Cottage
Address
Shepherds Close, Chescombe Lane, Winterborne Whitechurch
OS grid reference
ST 832 000
Coordinates
50.7995, -2.23949
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Shepherds Close is a pair of cottages, now converted into a single house, dating from the late 18th century or early 19th century. The exterior features colourwashed Flemish-bond brickwork and a half-hipped thatched roof, supported by four brick buttresses. The building is one and a half storeys high and has a two-window range, with 2-light 20th-century casements that include leaded lights. A central ribbed plank door is set in a thatched porch supported by rustic timber columns.

Inside, there are two open fireplaces and some original doors still present. The building is uniquely located at the bottom of an old chalk pit.

Local climate

Shepherds Close receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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