Monk's Yard and the Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1960. Cottage.

Monk's Yard and the Cross

WRENN ID
ancient-portal-vermeil
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 October 1960
Type
Cottage
Address
Monk's Yard and the Cross, Child Okeford
OS grid reference
ST 834 127
Coordinates
50.91384, -2.2369
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Monk's Yard and The Cross is a house that has been converted into a pair of cottages. It has medieval origins and was remodeled in the 17th century, with alterations made in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. The building is constructed of brick in Flemish bond with flared headers, timber-framing, and features a part ashlar projecting front bay. It has a thatched roof that is hipped to the right and gabled on the left, with brick stacks located near the center and on the left gable. The structure has two storeys and an irregular range of five windows. The two central bays project outward. The ground floor windows have segmental brick heads and include two and three-light casements, some with horizontal glazing bars, others with full glazing bars, and some with leaded lights. There is a 20th-century part-glazed door at the extreme right, next to a 20th-century garage door.

Inside, there are notable features including 16th-century stop-chamfered beams and four roof trusses, one of which retains traces of smoke blackening.

Local climate

Monk's Yard and the Cross receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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