Digby Estate No 9, Castleton is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1973. Cottage.

Digby Estate No 9, Castleton

WRENN ID
late-joist-rye
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 October 1973
Type
Cottage
Address
Digby Estate No 9, Castleton, Oborne Road, Sherborne
OS grid reference
ST 646 169
Coordinates
50.95091, -2.50466
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Digby Estate No 9 in Castleton is a two-storey cottage built in the late 18th century to the mid-19th century. It features a two-window front made of stone rubble and has a plaintile pitched roof. The cottage has two-light wooden casements with small panes and wooden lintels. The central doorway is framed by stone reveals and has a wooden lintel, leading to a six-flush panelled door with an architrave frame. This building is listed as Grade II for its group value, as it is part of a collection of structures that includes Beech Cottage, a garden gate, boundary walls, and outbuildings in the vicinity.

Local climate

Digby Estate No 9, Castleton receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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