The Buildings is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1984. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
The Buildings
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-beam-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Buildings, 1, 2, 5, 6 and 8, Symondsbury, DT6 6HD
- OS grid reference
- SY 444 934
- Coordinates
- 50.73826, -2.78807
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Buildings is a row of cottages dating from the 18th century, constructed with coursed rubble-stone walls and thatch roofs. The roofs feature a cross-wing at the top and step down halfway along, with a half-hipped design at the north end. There are five brick stacks located at the rear top gable and spaced along the ridge.
The front (east) elevation has two storeys and approximately 15 windows, which are three-light wooden casements. Some of these windows have leaded panes, while others are fitted with horizontal glazing bars. The wooden cills are complemented by segmental brick arch-heads over the ground floor windows, which lack brick jambs. There are five front doors, made of wood and featuring glass lights in the top half, along with three 20th-century porches constructed of wooden weatherboarding.
On the rear elevation, there are three-light casements at the first-floor level, three of which have fixed leaded lights. There are no doorways on this side, which showcases a long expanse of Lias masonry.
Local climate
The Buildings receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings
Nearby listed buildings
- Ilchester Arms
- K6 Telephone Kiosk North North West of Ilchester Arms Public House
- Rectory Cottage and Front Area Wall, Bounding Lane
- Church of England Primary School and Attached House
- Churchyard Wall, Gate Piers and Gates
- Symondsbury War Memorial
- Symondsbury House with Stone Boundary Wall Along Duck Street
- Oakhayes Oakhayes, Formerly Listed As Rectory
- Gate Piers at Entrance to Symondsbury College
- Symondsbury Parish Church (St John the Baptist)