Old Warren Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1984. Cottage.

Old Warren Cottage

WRENN ID
guardian-quartz-bistre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 January 1984
Type
Cottage
Address
Old Warren Cottage, Broadoak Road, Symondsbury
OS grid reference
SY 446 940
Coordinates
50.74363, -2.78574
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Old Warren Cottage is a single cottage dating from the 17th century, with a 19th-century extension. It features rubble-stone walls and a cob wall at the rear. The thatch roof has a catslide and a roof over the east end, with a half-hip over the west end. There is one brick stack at the right-hand gable. The cottage is 1½ storeys high and has approximately three windows, which are three-light wooden casements with glazing bars, wooden lintels, and cills, along with old hinges. There is one dormer with leaded lights, also from the 17th century. The front door is positioned to the right of centre and is accompanied by a 20th-century glass and concrete porch. Inside, there is a fireplace with tongued stops to the lintel and a bread oven on the left side. A half-spiral wooden stair is located between the fireplace jamb and the front door, which has a plank doorcase. The ceiling beam is roughly chamfered.

Local climate

Old Warren Cottage receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% 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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