The Old Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 1984. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
The Old Cottage
- WRENN ID
- muted-bailey-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 July 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Old Cottage, Bridport Road, Broadwindsor, DT8 3LA
- OS grid reference
- ST 438 024
- Coordinates
- 50.81856, -2.79888
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Cottage is a detached cottage dating from the late 18th century. It features dressed stone walls that have been washed and a wooden shingle roof. The cottage has been fitted with rebuilt brick stacks at both the left and right gables. It stands two storeys high and has two windows, which are three-light wooden casements with glazing bars. The windows have wooden cills and lintels. The front door is centrally located, made of planks and studded, with a wooden lintel above it.
Local climate
The Old Cottage receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1996
- 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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