River Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1979. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
River Cottage
- WRENN ID
- deep-parapet-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 February 1979
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- River Cottage, Affpuddle and Turnerspuddle, DT2 7HH
- OS grid reference
- SY 801 937
- Coordinates
- 50.74327, -2.28232
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
River Cottage is a cottage that originated in the 17th century and was enlarged in the 18th century. It features plastered cob walls, a thatched roof, and brick stacks. The building is one storey with attics. The entrance has a ledged door with a glass panel. On the ground floor, there are five casement windows, one of which has glazing bars, while the others are modern. The attic includes five half-dormers with casement windows. There are single-storey extensions at each end made of concrete block with corrugated asbestos roofs. Inside, one ground floor room has a large open fireplace with a timber lintel and jambs, along with a bread oven. Some ceiling beams are exposed and chamfered.
Local climate
River Cottage receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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