The Knapp is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1956. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
The Knapp
- WRENN ID
- vacant-finial-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1956
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Knapp, 1, New Road, Portesham
- OS grid reference
- SY 601 857
- Coordinates
- 50.67006, -2.56469
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Knapp is a detached cottage that dates back to the 17th century, with an extension added in the 18th century. It has an L-shaped plan and features dressed and rubble-stone walls. The cottage is topped with a thatch roof, which has stone gable-coping at the east gable, and includes brick stacks at the south and east gables. The building is 1½ storeys high and has two windows in the south range and two in the east range's south elevation. The latter range retains stone mullion windows, including a three-light window with a separate label and a two-light window with metal casements on the gable end. There is a 17th-century doorway located at the angle of the two ranges, featuring a depressed-arch head, and it has a 20th-century plank-and-muntin door. The north wing is constructed with rubble-stone walls and has an asbestos slate roof, along with a 20th-century stone stack at the gable end.
Local climate
The Knapp receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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 — 2 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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