The Nutshell is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 October 1983. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

The Nutshell

WRENN ID
distant-bracket-summer
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 October 1983
Type
Cottage
Address
The Nutshell, 19, Church Street, Sturminster Newton, DT10 1DB
OS grid reference
ST 787 139
Coordinates
50.92482, -2.3044
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a cottage, likely dating from the 17th century with a facade from around 1800. It is built of whitewashed brick in a Flemish bond pattern, with a tiled roof and a brick stack slightly off-centre. The cottage is two storeys high and has a three-window front. The windows are wooden casements with horizontal glazing bars. The ground floor window openings are defined by segmental arches. A doorway is located just to the right of the stack, suggesting a possible cross-passage that backs onto the stack. Although the interior was not fully inspected, chamfered ceiling beams are visible. It is believed to be of the same construction as the adjacent cottages in Church Lane (number 16).

Local climate

The Nutshell receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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