Dove Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 April 1983. Terrace of cottages. 1 related planning application.
Dove Cottage
- WRENN ID
- roaming-tower-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 April 1983
- Type
- Terrace of cottages
- Address
- Dove Cottage, 1 and 2, Chard Street, Thorncombe, TA20 4NG
- OS grid reference
- ST 375 032
- Coordinates
- 50.82576, -2.88774
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dove Cottage is a terrace of cottages dating from the 18th century, located on the east side of Chard Street in Thorncombe. The cottages feature rubble walls with roughcast render and a corrugated-iron roof with gable ends. There are three chimney stacks at the ridge, one rendered and two made of brick. The building is two storeys high and has three widely spaced windows, which include early 19th century and 20th century casements. The entrance includes two plank doors and one 20th century glazed door. Inside, the cottages have chamfered ceiling beams and flagstone floors below street level, along with an outshut at the rear.
Local climate
Dove Cottage receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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 — 4 transactions since 1996
- 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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