Spring Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 January 1985. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Spring Cottage
- WRENN ID
- waiting-plaster-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 January 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Spring Cottage, Dunn's Lane, Silton, SP8 5PP
- OS grid reference
- ST 781 300
- Coordinates
- 51.06962, -2.31377
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Spring Cottage is a cottage, probably built in the late 18th century. It features rubble walls and a thatched roof, with brick stacks at each end. The cottage is 1½ storeys high and has a three-window range with 2-light casements. There is a central 20th-century glazed door located under a gabled porch. Overall, it is a well-restored cottage.
Local climate
Spring Cottage receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2020
- 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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