Wyekham Cottage. Fernleigh. is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1973. House.

Wyekham Cottage. Fernleigh.

WRENN ID
solemn-gutter-cedar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 October 1973
Type
House
Address
Wyekham Cottage. Fernleigh., Long Street, Sherborne, DT9 3DE
OS grid reference
ST 643 167
Coordinates
50.94881, -2.50883
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Wyekham Cottage, also known as Fernleigh, is a building dating from the 18th to 19th century located on Long Street. It is two storeys high and features a slate roof with a colourwashed rendered front and a plinth. The cottage has two window bays on the upper floor, each with small two-light casements positioned just below the eaves. On the ground floor to the left, there is a doorway framed by narrow panelled pilasters, an architrave, and a cornice, leading to a six-panel door with the top two panels glazed. To the right, there is a modern three-light window, also flanked by similar pilaster strips and topped with a plain board. Fernleigh has one window bay and a door, with a doorway that includes narrow panelled pilasters, an architrave, and a cornice. The first floor features a two-light casement, while below it, there is a sash window with glazing bars. Wyekham Cottage and Fernleigh are part of a group that includes several other properties such as The Shell, Mistletoe Cottage, Fairfields, The Malt House, Eastfields, Tyndall, Linden, The Cottage, and Corner House.

Local climate

Wyekham Cottage. Fernleigh. receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% 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 64% 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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