Valentine Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1983. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.

Valentine Cottages

WRENN ID
inner-landing-elm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 December 1983
Type
Cottage
Address
Valentine Cottages, Lydlinch, DT10 2HZ
OS grid reference
ST 744 136
Coordinates
50.92198, -2.36444
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Valentine Cottages is a cottage located in Lydlinch, with the right range dating from the 17th century or earlier, while the left cross wing appears to be from the mid-19th century. The building features a timber frame, cob, and whitewashed brick construction. The earlier range has a half-hipped thatched roof, and the cross wing has a gabled asbestos slate roof. There are brick stacks positioned at the left of the early range and at the center of the cross wing.

The early range is a single storey with an attic and has irregular fenestration, while the later range is two storeys. The facade of the early range includes a single fixed leaded-light window on the left, which is set in a blocked doorway. The center features a three-light casement window with horizontal glazing bars, and to the right is a two-light casement window, also with horizontal glazing bars. Above this is a single three-light dormer window. The left-hand range has a three-light 20th-century casement window with horizontal glazing bars under a segmental arch. There is probably a 19th-century tiled, gabled porch located at the right gable.

Local climate

Valentine Cottages receives an average of 830 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 65% 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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