Maypole Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1955. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.

Maypole Cottage

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
Mid Dorset and North Poole MP: Vikki Slade (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 March 1955
Type
Cottage
Address
Maypole Cottage, Front Lane, Sturminster Marshall, BH21 4BW
OS grid reference
ST 949 002
Coordinates
50.80155, -2.07287
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Maypole Cottage is a Grade II listed building located in Sturminster Marshall. Originally built in the 17th and 18th centuries, it was formerly two separate cottages and has undergone restoration in the 20th century. The walls are constructed of rubble ironstone with large quoins and a high cemented plinth. The upper part of the wall and the rear wing are made of brickwork in Flemish Garden Wall bond, featuring brick heads inserted as cambered arches above the ground floor windows. The cottage has a thatched roof, with tiles at the rear. The wide southeast front is two storeys high and originally had three windows, but the conversion to two cottages and the removal of the upper floor on the east side has resulted in an irregular elevation, now displaying two upper and four lower windows, all of which are casements. The doors are plain and have been altered from their original positions.

Local climate

Maypole Cottage receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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