The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 November 1950. House.

The Cottage

WRENN ID
odd-cornice-amber
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 November 1950
Type
House
Address
The Cottage, 4, Abbey Close, Sherborne
OS grid reference
ST 637 164
Coordinates
50.94642, -2.51761
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Cottage, located at Abbey Close, is a 17th-century building that forms part of a group with adjoining properties Nos 1 to 3. It is two storeys high and features a two-window front made of stone rubble. The roof is plain-tiled and hipped on one side. The windows are three-light casements with wooden lintels and lead glazing. The early 19th-century doorcase is notable for its moulded pilasters and a hood with a dentil cornice.

Local climate

The Cottage receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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