Pleydells Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1983. Barn. 2 related planning applications.

Pleydells Cottage

WRENN ID
low-joist-elm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 December 1983
Type
Barn
Address
Pleydells Cottage, Higher Street, Okeford Fitzpaine, DT11 0RQ
OS grid reference
ST 805 107
Coordinates
50.89597, -2.27772
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Pleydells Cottage is a former barn dating from the 18th century, located on Higher Street in Okeford Fitzpaine. The building is constructed of flint, brick, and cob, with part of it rendered. The brick front facing the road is laid in Flemish bond with flared headers. It features a half-hipped thatched roof and has a double wooden loft door on the road side. The left facade includes a stable door and two plain wooden framed windows.

Local climate

Pleydells 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 — 7 transactions since 1996
  • 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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