Durlston Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 March 1983. House. 1 related planning application.
Durlston Cottage
- WRENN ID
- sacred-column-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 March 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- Durlston Cottage, Seymer Road, Swanage, BH19 2AH
- OS grid reference
- SZ 034 783
- Coordinates
- 50.60498, -1.95314
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Durlston Cottage is believed to have originated as a lime-buyer's cottage. The main building now appears to date from the 19th century, as shown on the Tithe Map. It is two storeys high with rendered walls and a low pitched slate roof. There are two canted bay windows on each floor, featuring double-hung sashes. The central doorway has a semi-circular head and a fanlight above, with a six-panel door. The architectural details are similar to those of Seymer Place. At the rear of the property, there are remains of old lime kilns.
Local climate
Durlston 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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