St James' Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1955. A 18th century Residential. 5 related planning applications.

St James' Cottage

WRENN ID
haunted-screen-thrush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 July 1955
Type
Residential
Period
18th century
Address
St James' Cottage, 46-47, Milton Abbas, Blandford Forum, DT11 0BP
OS grid reference
ST 806 017
Coordinates
50.8152, -2.27659
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a detached cottage, dating to circa 1780. It is constructed of plastered cob walls with a hipped thatched roof and brick end stacks. The cottage is two storeys high. A two-storeyed rear wing is built in matching materials. An entrance door is located in the right end wall, sheltered by an open thatched porch. The front elevation has three cross-pattern windows on the ground floor, with leaded lights, and three casement windows on the first floor, also with leaded lights.

Local climate

St James' 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 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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