No 40 (Lavinia's Cottage) and No 39 is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1960. Cottages. 1 related planning application.
No 40 (Lavinia's Cottage) and No 39
- WRENN ID
- final-hinge-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 August 1960
- Type
- Cottages
- Address
- No 40 (Lavinia's Cottage) and No 39, the Street, Motcombe, SP7 9PE
- OS grid reference
- ST 850 254
- Coordinates
- 51.02821, -2.21506
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A pair of cottages, likely dating to the late 17th or early 18th century. They are built of colourwashed rubble and brick, with a thatched roof that is gabled on the right and half-hipped on the left. Brick stacks are situated on the right gable and along part of the ridge to the left. The cottages are 1½ storeys high, with a 5-window front. The windows are 2-light casements with horizontal glazing bars. A 20th-century door is set within a gabled porch.
Local climate
No 40 (Lavinia's Cottage) and No 39 receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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