Watermill Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1960. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Watermill Cottage

WRENN ID
tattered-flue-thrush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 August 1960
Type
Cottage
Address
Watermill Cottage, Church Street, Fontmell Magna, SP7 0NY
OS grid reference
ST 865 170
Coordinates
50.95267, -2.1923
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Watermill Cottage is a pair of cottages dating from the late 18th century or early 19th century. They are constructed of brick featuring patterns in blue headers and have a tiled roof with an arcaded brick central stack. The facade is symmetrical, with two storeys and a three-window range. The windows on the ground floor are three-light 20th-century casements, while the upper floor has a similar two-light window in the center. There is a plain plank door that serves as the lobby entrance, and a plain band runs along the first floor.

Local climate

Watermill Cottage receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2018
  • 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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