Chelwood House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1960. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Chelwood House
- WRENN ID
- standing-outpost-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 August 1960
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Chelwood House, North Street, Fontmell Magna, Shaftesbury, SP7 0NS
- OS grid reference
- ST 866 171
- Coordinates
- 50.9535, -2.19114
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Chelwood House is a 17th-century cottage with alterations from the 18th century. The building is constructed of rubble and has a hipped thatched roof, with a brick stack to the right. Originally a two-window range, the upper floor features casements with leaded lights, while the ground floor has casements with horizontal glazing-bars. A part-glazed door is centrally positioned in the original range. A later extension exists to the right of the original cottage. Internal features include stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops and an open fireplace. The building is of group value.
Local climate
Chelwood House receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 1 transaction since 2020
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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