West Hill Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1987. Cottage.
West Hill Cottage
- WRENN ID
- lone-plinth-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 March 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- West Hill Cottage, 13, Charminster
- OS grid reference
- SY 678 926
- Coordinates
- 50.73245, -2.4574
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
West Hill Cottage is an attached cottage dating from the early 18th century. It features rubble stone walls that are rough cast and painted over, and it has a thatched roof with a gable end facing west. There is a brick stack at the ridge, positioned to the right of the center. The cottage is 1½ storeys high and has three windows with irregular spacing. The windows are mainly 2-light 20th-century metal casements. Above, there are three eyebrow dormers arranged in a pattern of 1:2:2 lights. The front door, located towards the left end, is a plank and studded design with ornamental hinges, also from the 20th century. This building is included for its group value.
Local climate
West Hill Cottage receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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