Linden. the Cottage. is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1973. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Linden. the Cottage.
- WRENN ID
- idle-bracket-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 October 1973
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Linden. the Cottage., Long Street, Sherborne, DT9 3DE
- OS grid reference
- ST 644 167
- Coordinates
- 50.9492, -2.50801
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 19th-century cottage, part of a group of estate properties. It has two low, two-story facades with attics. The roof is tiled with cresting along the ridge, and features a single box dormer on each side. The cottage has one window bay and a central doorway on each side. The windows are wooden casements with segmental heads, and the doorways are stone with pointed arches. Linden, The Cottage, forms part of a group including Wyekham Cottage, Fernleigh, The Shell, Mistletoe Cottage, Fairfields, The Malt House, Eastfields, Tyndall, and Corner House.
Local climate
Linden. the Cottage. receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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 — 6 transactions since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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