Kandala and Squirrel Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 1961. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Kandala and Squirrel Cottage
- WRENN ID
- crooked-courtyard-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 July 1961
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Kandala and Squirrel Cottage, North Street, Bradford Abbas, DT9 6SA
- OS grid reference
- ST 589 147
- Coordinates
- 50.93033, -2.58574
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Kandala and Squirrel Cottage are two attached cottages, likely dating from the 17th century, with alterations made later. They are constructed of rubble-stone walls, and have thatched roofs with gable ends and stone gable-copings. Brick stacks are visible on the gable ends, with a further brick stack added on the front wall in the 20th century. The cottages have one-and-a-half storeys and feature four windows, each with two-light wood casements containing glazing bars. The ground floor windows have cambered brick arches. The front door of Kandala Cottage is a 20th-century plank door located centrally, while the front door of Squirrel Cottage is a 20th-century panel door with a hipped thatched roof covering.
The interior features chamfered ceiling beams and large fireplaces. One fireplace includes a stop-chamfered bressumer and a smoking chamber with an oven. The roof structure consists of collar trusses with large purlins supported on the backs of the principals and a diagonal ridge piece.
Local climate
Kandala and Squirrel Cottage receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% 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 64% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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