Larks Rise is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1985. Cottage.
Larks Rise
- WRENN ID
- unlit-portal-ivory
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Larks Rise, Bessells Lane, Iwerne Courtney or Shroton
- OS grid reference
- ST 855 132
- Coordinates
- 50.91855, -2.2072
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Larks Rise is a cottage from the 18th century, featuring a colourwashed brick facade and a thatched roof. It has brick stacks at each end and stands two storeys tall with a three-window range. The windows are likely 19th century two-light casements with glazing bars. The entrance is a central part-glazed plank door.
Local climate
Larks Rise receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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