21, Milton Abbas is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1955. Cottage.

21, Milton Abbas

WRENN ID
stubborn-copper-tide
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 July 1955
Type
Cottage
Address
21, Milton Abbas, Blandford Forum, DT11 0BL
OS grid reference
ST 806 018
Coordinates
50.81574, -2.2759
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 21 is a detached cottage in Milton Abbas, dating from around 1780. Originally built as four tenements, it features plastered cob walls and a hipped thatched roof with brick stacks at each end. The building has two storeys; the ground floor includes three cross-pattern windows with lead lights, while the first floor has three casement windows, also with lead lights. There are two doors located in the left end wall. To the right of the cottage is a detached garage, which was formerly the village fire station.

Local climate

21, Milton Abbas receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% 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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