Court Cottage, Kings Cottage and Queens Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1973. A Early C19 Residential.

Court Cottage, Kings Cottage and Queens Cottage

WRENN ID
lapsed-stone-moon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 October 1973
Type
Residential
Address
Court Cottage, Kings Cottage and Queens Cottage, 7, Mustons Lane, Shaftesbury, SP7 8AD
OS grid reference
ST 863 230
Coordinates
51.00683, -2.19576
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Court Cottage, Kings Cottage, and Queens Cottage are early 19th-century buildings located on Mustons Lane. They are two stories tall with an attic and have a higher elevation than the adjacent No 5. The front features two windows and a blocked central opening on the first floor. The roof is slate and gabled, with a gabled dormer. The facade is made of rough stone ashlar, and the windows are five panes wide set in reveals. The entrance has a flush panelled door with the top panels cut away and glazed. These cottages are part of a group that includes the Congregational church, the wall and railings enclosing the church, and Nos 3 to 7 (odd) on the street, along with No 33 Bell Street.

Local climate

Court Cottage, Kings Cottage and Queens Cottage receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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