Beech Cottage. Rose Cottage. White Cottage. is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1973. Row of cottages. 5 related planning applications.
Beech Cottage. Rose Cottage. White Cottage.
- WRENN ID
- upper-ashlar-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 October 1973
- Type
- Row of cottages
- Address
- Beech Cottage. Rose Cottage. White Cottage., Acreman Street, Sherborne, DT9 3PH
- OS grid reference
- ST 635 166
- Coordinates
- 50.94802, -2.52061
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Beech Cottage, Rose Cottage, and White Cottage are a row of 18th century or early 19th century houses located on Acreman Street. They feature two-storey colour-washed fronts and slate roofs. Beech Cottage has three window bays with stone slate detailing, including two-light casements at either end and very small two-light leaded casements below the eaves in the doorway bay. It has a six-flush-panelled door with the top two panels cut away and glazed. Rose Cottage has two window bays with casements that have small panes, featuring two-light windows above and three-light windows below. It has a square-headed doorway with a six-flush-panelled door in a frame, also with two panels cut away and glazed. White Cottage has two window bays and a central door, with sash windows that are four panes wide. It also has a six-flush-panelled door in a frame, with the top two panels cut away and glazed. There is a lean-to annexe at the south end with a modern garage door.
Local climate
Beech Cottage. Rose Cottage. White Cottage. 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 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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 2005
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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