Peppercorn Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1959. Cottage.
Peppercorn Cottage
- WRENN ID
- tired-lantern-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 November 1959
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Peppercorn Cottage, 44, Spring Street, Wool
- OS grid reference
- SY 846 867
- Coordinates
- 50.67985, -2.21838
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Peppercorn Cottage is a cottage that is part of a terrace, likely built in the 18th century. It features brick walls and a thatched roof, along with a brick chimney. The cottage has one storey and an attic. At the rear, there is a modern wing that also has one storey and an attic, with plastered walls and a thatched roof. A modern thatched porch with a ledged door is present at the entrance. The ground floor includes three horizontally sliding sash windows with glazing bars, while the attic has three half-dormers with similar sash windows. The main room on the ground floor contains a large open fireplace with a timber lintel and shows signs of a former bread oven.
Local climate
Peppercorn Cottage 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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