Detached Cow-House at Cogan's Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 April 1983. Cow-house. 3 related planning applications.
Detached Cow-House at Cogan's Farm
- WRENN ID
- south-niche-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 April 1983
- Type
- Cow-house
- Address
- Detached Cow-House at Cogan's Farm, Holditch Lane, Thorncombe, EX13 7AX
- OS grid reference
- ST 336 023
- Coordinates
- 50.81674, -2.9433
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This 18th-century cowhouse is located on Cogan’s Farm. It is constructed of rubble walls with stone quoins and has a roof of Roman tiles. The building features a longitudinal entry passage along the front wall, with a regular arrangement of a door, window, window, door, window, window, and door leading into cow stalls arranged at right angles to the building's length. The interior demonstrates an aisled construction, with tie-beams and collars to each truss, and a longitudinal aisle-plate. A continuous sloping roof extends over the aisle posts to abut the lower front wall.
Local climate
Detached Cow-House at Cogan's Farm receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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 — 1 transaction since 2016
- 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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