Keepers Cottage (90 Metres North West of Cowleaze) is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1985. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Keepers Cottage (90 Metres North West of Cowleaze)
- WRENN ID
- weathered-rubblework-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- OS grid reference
- SY 654 936
- Coordinates
- 50.74149, -2.49065
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Keepers Cottage is a detached cottage dating from the 18th century, located 90 metres north-west of Cowleaze. It features flint and stone walls that are rendered, with a brick wall at the west end. The roof is thatched, gabled at the left side and hipped at the right side, with a brick stack on the left gable. The cottage has two storeys and two windows, which are two-light wooden casements with glazing bars and wooden cills, although these were renewed in the 20th century. The front door is a plank door located in the outshut at the left end, also from the 20th century. Inside, there is a doorcase stair on the rear wall.
Local climate
Keepers Cottage (90 Metres North West of Cowleaze) 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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