The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1986. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
The Cottage
- WRENN ID
- eastward-cloister-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- Mid Dorset and North Poole MP: Vikki Slade (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1986
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Cottage, Holt, BH21 7DJ
- OS grid reference
- SU 030 039
- Coordinates
- 50.83527, -1.95847
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cottage, also known as Old Inn Cottage, is a detached cottage dating from the 17th century. It features plastered walls with external timber bracing and a hipped thatched roof, along with a brick stack positioned to the right of the center. The building has a lobby entrance plan and consists of one storey with an attic. The entrance includes a ledged door with a glass panel, set within a thatched porch.
On the ground floor, there are three 20th-century casement windows with diamond lead lights. The attic is illuminated by three dormers, which also have similar casements. Inside, the cottage showcases deep chamfered exposed ceiling beams. Notably, on the first floor, there is a chimney breast featuring 17th-century ornamental raised plasterwork that depicts a lion and unicorn flanking a fleur de lys.
Local climate
The Cottage receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1997
- 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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