Myrtle Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1960. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
Myrtle Cottage
- WRENN ID
- final-casement-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 August 1960
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Myrtle Cottage, West Street, Fontmell Magna, SP7 0PF
- OS grid reference
- ST 864 168
- Coordinates
- 50.95126, -2.19438
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Myrtle Cottage is likely a 17th-century cottage that was remodelled in the 19th century. It is built of rubble with a Flemish bond brick facade, whitewashed, and has a thatched roof with brick stacks at each end. An outbuilding, originally probably a barn, is attached to the right side and is clad in weatherboard. The cottage is one-and-a-half storeys high and has a three-window front. It features 20th-century two-light casement windows with glazing bars. The ground-floor window openings have returned labels, and the central door is panelled with pointed-head detailing to the upper panels, set within a lattice porch. Interior features include a large open fireplace and stop-chamfered ceiling beams with run-out stops.
Local climate
Myrtle Cottage receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2004
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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