Knapp Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 June 1953. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Knapp Cottage
- WRENN ID
- half-pier-rye
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 June 1953
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Knapp Cottage, Corscombe, DT2 0PA
- OS grid reference
- ST 513 056
- Coordinates
- 50.84847, -2.69247
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Knapp Cottage is a detached cottage dating from the 17th century. It features rubble-stone walls and a thatch roof with half-hipped ends, along with a central brick stack. The cottage has one and a half storeys and includes two windows, which are three-light stone mullions with hollow chamfers and small leaded lights. There are separate labels above two dormers that have three-light casements with lead lights in wooden frames. The front door, located just to the right of center, is wooden, studded, and dates from the 20th century.
Local climate
Knapp Cottage receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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
- No sale records on file
- 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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