Number 1 (Case and Son ), Number 2 (Melrose ), Number 3, Number 4 and Number 5 (Purbeck Cottage) is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1960. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
Number 1 (Case and Son ), Number 2 (Melrose ), Number 3, Number 4 and Number 5 (Purbeck Cottage)
- WRENN ID
- roaming-chapel-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 October 1960
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Number 1 (Case and Son ), Number 2 (Melrose ), Number 3, Number 4 and Number 5 (Purbeck Cottage), Ring Street, Stalbridge, DT10 2LZ
- OS grid reference
- ST 735 178
- Coordinates
- 50.95926, -2.37812
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A group of cottages dating primarily to the 18th century, though possibly incorporating earlier features; Purbeck Cottage (number 5) is from the 19th century. The cottages are constructed of coursed rubble. Number 1, 3, and 4 have tile roofs with stone slates to the eaves; number 2 has interlocking tiles, and number 5 has slates. The cottages are two storeys high. Numbers 2 and 5 have segmental arches above the ground-floor windows; number 4 has a brick surround, and number 1 has a shop front. Other window openings have wooden lintels. The windows are a mix of casement and sash types.
Local climate
Number 1 (Case and Son ), Number 2 (Melrose ), Number 3, Number 4 and Number 5 (Purbeck Cottage) receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 3 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
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings