The Doll's House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 October 1984. Cottage.
The Doll's House
- WRENN ID
- swift-cobble-mist
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 October 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Doll's House, West Lulworth
- OS grid reference
- SY 822 800
- Coordinates
- 50.61962, -2.25182
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Doll's House is a cottage, likely built in the 18th century. It features timber-framed walls that are plastered and a tiled roof that has been slurried over. There is a large external brick chimney stack at the north end of the building. The cottage is one storey with attics. On the ground floor, there are two fixed windows with glazing bars. The attic includes two dormers that have hipped roofs and sliding sashes with glazing bars. Additionally, there is a stone boundary wall along the road. The building is included for its group value.
Local climate
The Doll's House receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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