The Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 June 1986. Cottage.

The Cottages

WRENN ID
heavy-courtyard-river
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 June 1986
Type
Cottage
Address
The Cottages, 1 and 2, Church Lane, Halstock
OS grid reference
ST 536 084
Coordinates
50.87346, -2.66051
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Cottages are two semi-detached cottages built in the early 18th century. They feature rubble-stone walls and a thatched roof, which has a gable end on the left side and is hipped on the right side. There is a 20th-century brick chimney stack at the left gable and an 18th-century brick stack on the ridge, located to the right of the center. The cottages are two storeys high and have a total of six windows, which are three-light wooden and iron casements, some of which include lead lights and wooden cills. The front doors are as follows: No. 1 has a plank door with one glass light, located left of center and dating from the 19th century, while No. 2 has a plank door with a glazed top half, situated at the right end, also from the 19th century.

Local climate

The Cottages receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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