Pope's Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1984. A 17th century Cottage. 2 related planning applications.

Pope's Cottage

WRENN ID
south-storey-rain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 June 1984
Type
Cottage
Period
17th century
Address
Pope's Cottage, New Street, Marnhull
OS grid reference
ST 771 181
Coordinates
50.96227, -2.32622
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Pope's Cottage is a 17th-century cottage located in Marnhull. It features coursed rubble walls and a half-hipped thatched roof, with a brick stack positioned along the ridge on the left side. The cottage is 1½ storeys high and has a range of four windows, which are casements with glazing bars set under wooden lintels. The entrance is a plain plank door. At the rear, there is a single-storey extension that has a pantiled roof.

Local climate

Pope's Cottage receives an average of 830 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 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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