The Cottage the Cottage and Trimm Cottage Trimm Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

The Cottage the Cottage and Trimm Cottage Trimm Cottage

WRENN ID
north-casement-crag
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Type
Cottage
Address
The Cottage the Cottage and Trimm Cottage Trimm Cottage, Mill Lane, Chideock, DT6 6JS
OS grid reference
SY 423 926
Coordinates
50.73062, -2.8187
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Cottage and Trimm Cottage are two attached cottages dating to the later 18th century. They are constructed of lias rubble walls, which have been rendered and washed. The Cottage has a thatched roof, while Trimm Cottage has a corrugated asbestos roof. The cottages feature four brick stacks at the ridge, left gable, along the party wall, right centre, and right gable. There are six windows in total, each with 2-light wooden casements featuring glazing bars and wooden sills. The Cottage has a 6-panelled wooden front door in the centre, dating to the 18th century. Trimm Cottage has a wooden plank front door with a simple flat canopy supported by brackets on the left, and another plank door with a modern pentice porch on the right centre.

Local climate

The Cottage the Cottage and Trimm Cottage Trimm Cottage receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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  • Sale history — 8 transactions since 2002
  • 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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