School Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1955. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

School Cottage

WRENN ID
muted-groin-brook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
Mid Dorset and North Poole MP: Vikki Slade (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 March 1955
Type
Cottage
Address
School Cottage, 197, West Street, Shapwick, DT11 9LB
OS grid reference
ST 937 018
Coordinates
50.8159, -2.0906
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

School Cottage is a late 18th century to early 19th century building located on the north side of West Street in Shapwick. It features plastered walls with brick dressings, standing on a brick base, and has a thatched roof with brick stacks. The cottage is two storeys high and includes a timber glazed porch with a gabled tiled roof and a stable door. Both the ground and first floors have two casement windows with glazing bars. At the rear, there is a single-storey brick lean-to under a slate roof.

Local climate

School Cottage receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% 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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