Coastguard Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 October 1984. Cottages. 1 related planning application.
Coastguard Cottages
- WRENN ID
- ghost-beam-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 October 1984
- Type
- Cottages
- Address
- Coastguard Cottages, 1-8, West Lulworth
- OS grid reference
- SY 822 799
- Coordinates
- 50.61932, -2.2517
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Coastguard Cottages are a row of buildings dating from the early 19th century, as indicated on the 1839 Tithe Map. They feature plastered walls and slate roofs, with plastered stacks. The cottages are two storeys high, and most of the doors are set within later porches. On the ground floor, there are casement windows with glazing bars, while the first floor has double-hung sash windows, also with glazing bars.
Local climate
Coastguard Cottages receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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.
- No sale records on file
- 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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