188, Preston Road is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1974. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
188, Preston Road
- WRENN ID
- standing-threshold-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 June 1974
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 188, Preston Road, Weymouth, DT3 6BJ
- OS grid reference
- SY 702 830
- Coordinates
- 50.64594, -2.42245
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 188 Preston Road is a small detached cottage dating from the 17th century. It was originally part of a row of three cottages, but the center unit has been demolished. The building is constructed of coursed rubble and features a thatched roof. It has one storey and an attic, with two windows that are all three-light replacement casements. One window is located in an eyebrow above two flanking the wide plank door, and there is a small light on the extreme right. The left end of the cottage is half-hipped and includes two- and three-light casements, along with a brick stack that has an added raking buttress near the front. The right return is plain and was formerly home to a stack. The front has a very heavy added raking buttress, while the rear features a continuous lean-to glazed conservatory. Inside, the room to the right contains a wide bressumer fireplace and some original joists, while the staircase is from the 20th century.
Local climate
188, Preston Road 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 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2002
- 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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