Rose Lea is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1955. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
Rose Lea
- WRENN ID
- ancient-buttress-root
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1955
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Rose Lea, Witchampton, BH21 5AP
- OS grid reference
- ST 988 064
- Coordinates
- 50.85789, -2.01759
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rose Lea is a detached cottage, likely dating from the early 17th century. It has timber frame construction with brick infill. The roof is thatched, with brick end stacks, and incorporates an attic space. The cottage is situated at a right angle to the road. The gable end facing the road has two casement windows on the ground floor, featuring glazing bars, and a horizontally sliding sash window in the attic with leaded lights. The rear elevation has a casement window with glazing bars, a horizontally sliding sash window with part glazing bars and part leaded lights on the ground floor. There is one dormer window in the attic with casement windows and glazing bars.
Inside, the main ground floor room contains a large fireplace, partially blocked. Several chamfered ceiling beams are also present. The roof space has not been inspected, but the cutting away of the main tie beam to create a doorway suggests the building may have originated as an open hall. A plank and muntin partition is located near the stair.
Local climate
Rose Lea 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 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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 — 3 transactions 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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