17 and 18, Bladen Valley is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 October 1984. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
17 and 18, Bladen Valley
- WRENN ID
- iron-storey-barley
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 October 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 17 and 18, Bladen Valley, Affpuddle and Turnerspuddle, DT2 7HP
- OS grid reference
- SY 811 931
- Coordinates
- 50.73732, -2.2679
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 17 and 18 in Bladen Valley are a pair of cottages built around 1920. They feature concrete block walls and thatched roofs, with brick stacks. The cottages are two storeys high and have slightly projecting wings at each end. The thatch extends over open porches, with the porch of No. 17 enclosed with glazing. No. 17 also has a lean-to extension on the north side, which has rendered walls and a tiled roof, along with part-glazed doors. Each cottage includes two casement windows with glazing bars on both the ground and first floors.
Local climate
17 and 18, Bladen Valley 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
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2017
- 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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