The Last Straw is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1986. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
The Last Straw
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-pedestal-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1986
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Last Straw, Verwood Road, Woodlands, BH21 8LN
- OS grid reference
- SU 048 089
- Coordinates
- 50.88028, -1.93288
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Last Straw is a detached cottage dated 1667, as indicated above the doorway, and situated on the south side of Verwood Road. The cottage is constructed of plastered cob walls with a hipped thatched roof, featuring a brick stack at the left end. It is originally one storey and attic, with a later extension to the left, also in matching construction and of single storey height. A more modern, single-storey, flat-roofed extension is situated at the right end. A ledged door is set within a rustic thatched porch. The ground floor has three casement windows with glazing bars, while the attic has two dormers, one featuring a casement with a horizontal centre bar. A C20 wing to the right has a part-glazed door and two casement windows. The main ground floor room features a chamfered ceiling beam and a large open fireplace with a timber lintel.
Local climate
The Last Straw 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 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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 — 3 transactions since 2016
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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