23, Cockles is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1959. A Post-Medieval House.
23, Cockles
- WRENN ID
- steep-outpost-hyssop
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 November 1959
- Type
- House
- Period
- Post-Medieval
- Address
- 23, Cockles, East Lulworth
- OS grid reference
- SY 860 820
- Coordinates
- 50.63783, -2.19851
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 23 Cockles is a detached house, likely dating from the 17th century. The walls are constructed of a combination of rubble stone and plaster, all of which is colourwashed. The house features a thatched roof with brick stacks at both ends and in the center. It has one storey and attics.
On the north side, there is a projecting gabled wing and a single-storey lean-to with a thatched catslide roof. The north elevation includes a part-glazed door, with the ground floor featuring one horizontally sliding sash window, one casement window, and one fixed window, all equipped with glazing bars. The attic has one casement window located in the wing.
The south elevation has a modern lean-to porch with a part-glazed door. The ground floor on this side has two casement windows and one horizontally sliding sash window, all with glazing bars. The attic features four dormer windows, each with casements and glazing bars.
Local climate
23, Cockles receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% 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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