Downs Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1983. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
Downs Cottage
- WRENN ID
- under-hall-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Downs Cottage, Shillingstone Lane, Okeford Fitzpaine, DT11 0RB
- OS grid reference
- ST 807 109
- Coordinates
- 50.89792, -2.27458
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Downs Cottage is a cottage, probably from the 17th century, with a refacing from the 18th century. It is constructed of rubble and brick, possibly incorporating some timber framing. The cottage features a thatched roof with gable ends and brick stacks at each end. It has one and a half storeys and a three-window range. The facade facing the road includes two three-light casements with horizontal glazing bars, which flank a part-glazed front door.
Local climate
Downs Cottage 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1998
- 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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