Breken 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.
Breken Cottage
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-chamber-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 August 1960
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Breken Cottage, the Chalk, Iwerne Minster, DT11 8NA
- OS grid reference
- ST 866 143
- Coordinates
- 50.92808, -2.19069
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Brekan Cottage, formerly known as Wyncote, is a late 18th or early 19th century cottage located in the Chalk area of Iwerne Minster. The cottage is constructed of Flemish-bond brickwork, with rendered surfaces, and has a 2-part tiled roof, the western section being a Mansard. Brick stacks are located at the ends of the building. It is two storeys high and has an irregular arrangement of four windows. The windows are 2-light casements; some have full glazing bars, some have horizontal glazing bars, and others have leaded lights. The building is included on the list principally for its group value.
Local climate
Breken Cottage receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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 — 5 transactions since 1998
- 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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