15, Back Street is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1985. Cottage. 6 related planning applications.
15, Back Street
- WRENN ID
- heavy-sentry-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 15, Back Street, Abbotsbury, DT3 4JP
- OS grid reference
- SY 578 854
- Coordinates
- 50.66681, -2.59735
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century detached cottage located on the north side of Back Street in Abbotsbury. The cottage is built of rubble stone with a thatched roof featuring decorative block ridging and gable ends. A brick stack is positioned on the west gable. The cottage has two storeys and two windows on the front elevation. The windows are 3-light cast-iron casements with rectangular glazing bars, except for a 2-light window above the right-hand side. A segmental brick window and door head are also visible. A plank front door, which is a 20th-century addition, is located towards the right of the centre of the building.
Local climate
15, Back Street 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 73% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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