Old Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1984. Cottage.
Old Cross
- WRENN ID
- second-kitchen-sage
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Old Cross, Whitchurch Canonicorum
- OS grid reference
- SY 392 952
- Coordinates
- 50.75402, -2.86269
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Cross is a single cottage dating from around 1700. It features stone walls that are roughcast and colourwashed, topped with a thatch roof that has gable ends. There are two brick stacks located at the left and right gables. The building has an L-plan layout, with a long rear wing extending down Wootton Lane.
On the southeast elevation, the cottage stands two storeys high and has three light wooden casements with leaded glass, all set on wooden cills. The front door is centrally located and has a wooden frame with a panelled wooden door. Inside, there is a large open fireplace on the right-hand gable wall, and the front room has flagstones.
Local climate
Old Cross receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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