Japonica Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1985. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Japonica Cottage
- WRENN ID
- unlit-granite-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Japonica Cottage, Blandford Road, Shillingstone, DT11 0SF
- OS grid reference
- ST 828 108
- Coordinates
- 50.89688, -2.2457
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Japonica Cottage is a cottage dating from the late 17th century or early 18th century. It is constructed of whitewashed rubble and features a thatched roof with end brick stacks. The building has two storeys and a three-window range, with 2-light casements that include glazing bars. The ground floor openings have segmental heads, and there is a central 20th-century door. Inside, notable features include stop-chamfered beams and an open fireplace with a cambered and chamfered bressummer.
Local climate
Japonica 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 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1997
- 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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