60 and 61, Milton Abbas is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1955. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
60 and 61, Milton Abbas
- WRENN ID
- iron-render-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 July 1955
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 60 and 61, Milton Abbas, Blandford Forum, DT11 0BP
- OS grid reference
- ST 804 017
- Coordinates
- 50.81471, -2.27893
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of cottages located in Milton Abbas, likely dating to around 1780. They are built with plastered cob walls and have hipped thatched roofs, with brick end stacks. The cottages are two stories high. A ledged door provides access, and the ground floor features two cross-pattern windows with leaded lights. The first floor has three casement windows, also with leaded lights. The cottages are recorded as Monument 7 in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments’ Dorset Volume III.
Local climate
60 and 61, 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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- 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
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