School Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 November 1966. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.

School Cottage

WRENN ID
buried-corridor-curlew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 November 1966
Type
Cottage
Address
School Cottage, Melbury Osmond, DT2 0LU
OS grid reference
ST 573 077
Coordinates
50.86777, -2.60759
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

School Cottage is a detached cottage dating from the 18th century. It features rubble-stone, studded brick, and rendered walls, topped with a thatch roof that is hipped at both ends. There is a brick stack located at the center of the ridge. The cottage is one storey and has sections that are one and a half storeys high. It has a total of five windows, which are wood casements in two- and three-light configurations, with wood cills and lintels. There are two doors flanking the left of center, which are from the 20th century.

Local climate

School Cottage receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% 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 1997
  • 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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