3 Farm Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1984. Cottage.

3 Farm Cottages

WRENN ID
ghost-cloister-russet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 December 1984
Type
Cottage
Address
3 Farm Cottages, Brownsea Island, Studland
OS grid reference
SZ 028 876
Coordinates
50.68815, -1.96053
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 3 Farm Cottages is a cottage, originally two cottages, that is attached to the Old Dairy on the east side. It dates from the mid-19th century and features brick walls with a slate roof and brick stacks at the rear. The building is two storeys high and has two doors, one of which is panelled and the other ledged. On the ground floor, there are three sash windows with glazing bars, while the first floor has four similar windows, one of which is now blocked and has painted simulated glazing bars. This property is managed by the National Trust.

Local climate

3 Farm Cottages receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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