Hart's Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 October 1987. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Hart's Cottage

WRENN ID
fallen-finial-meadow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
Mid Dorset and North Poole MP: Vikki Slade (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 October 1987
Type
Cottage
Address
Hart's Cottage, Brog Street, Corfe Mullen, BH21 3HB
OS grid reference
SY 984 983
Coordinates
50.78476, -2.02299
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Hart's Cottage is a cottage dating from the early 17th century, with changes made in the 18th century and early 19th century features and extensions. It has cob walls and a half-hipped thatch roof, with an eyebrow dormer and an extension at the rear that has lower eaves supported by posts. The layout includes a through passageway that separates the original two rooms, and there is a massive fireplace with a bread oven at the former east gable, which is now concealed by a 19th-century store.

The irregular south front has one storey and an attic, featuring one above three windows. To the west of the doorway is a 19th-century sash window, while the other windows are casements, including a small light that once illuminated the former staircase adjacent to the chimney breast. The two larger windows have hoods supported by decorative brackets. The boarded door is set beneath a gabled hood, also on decorative brackets. At the rear, there are two original small casement windows and a doorway with a massive chamfered frame. The interior remains largely original, with old partitions defining the passageway.

Local climate

Hart's Cottage receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% 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 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% 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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