52, Milton Abbas is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1955. Cottage. 5 related planning applications.
52, Milton Abbas
- WRENN ID
- former-stone-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 July 1955
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 52, Milton Abbas, 52 and 53 (Time Keepers Cottage), Blandford Forum, DT11 0BP
- OS grid reference
- ST 805 017
- Coordinates
- 50.81502, -2.2775
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 52 and 53, also known as Time Keepers Cottage, is a detached cottage dating to around 1780. The walls are of plastered cob construction, with a hipped thatched roof and brick end stacks. The cottage is two storeys high. It features a ledged door with a glass panel, and on the ground floor, there are two cross-pattern windows with lead lights. The first floor has three casements, also with lead lights. The property is recorded in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments as Monument 7 (Dorset, Volume III).
Local climate
52, Milton Abbas 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 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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 — 7 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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