Blackmanston Farm Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 October 1984. Pair of cottages.

Blackmanston Farm Cottages

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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 October 1984
Type
Pair of cottages
Address
Blackmanston Farm Cottages, Steeple with Tyneham
OS grid reference
SY 915 808
Coordinates
50.62697, -2.1209
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Blackmanston Farm Cottages are a pair of cottages dating from the late 18th century to early 19th century. They feature rubble stone walls, slate roofs, and a brick stack. The cottages are one storey high with attics. The south cottage has a ledged door with a glass panel, and its ground floor includes two casement windows with glazing bars. The attic has two gabled half-dormers, each with similar casements. The north cottage has a part-glazed door, one casement window with glazing bars on the ground floor, and one gabled half-dormer with similar casements in the attic. These cottages are included for their group value.

Local climate

Blackmanston Farm Cottages receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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