Downside is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 January 1985. House. 1 related planning application.
Downside
- WRENN ID
- winter-portal-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 January 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Downside, Melbury Abbas, SP7 0DU
- OS grid reference
- ST 883 197
- Coordinates
- 50.9771, -2.16722
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Downside is a pair of cottages that have been converted into a single house, dating from the mid-19th century. The building is constructed from coursed, squared rubble and features gable-ended slate roofs with end ashlar stacks. It stands two storeys tall and has two window ranges, with 2-light casements that include glazing bars. The upper floor windows are adorned with gables above them and returned labels. There are porches on both the left and right sides of the building, and a 20th-century extension has been added to the right.
Local climate
Downside receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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