Merriott Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 1984. A C18 Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Merriott Cottage
- WRENN ID
- twisted-pillar-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 July 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Merriott Cottage, Powerstock, DT6 3SZ
- OS grid reference
- SY 515 959
- Coordinates
- 50.76093, -2.68825
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Merriott Cottage is a detached cottage dating from the mid-18th century. It features coursed rubble-stone walls and a thatch roof with gable ends, along with brick stacks at the gable ends. The cottage is two storeys high and has three windows, which are three-light wooden casements with glazing bars, wooden cills, and lintels. There is a plank door located to the left of centre, which is from the 20th century. A thatch porch canopy is supported by two wooden posts. The 20th-century rubble-stone extensions on the east and west gable ends are not listed.
Local climate
Merriott Cottage receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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