The Thatched Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 1984. Cottage.
The Thatched Cottage
- WRENN ID
- lost-keystone-dawn
- 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 Thatched Cottage, Broadwindsor
- OS grid reference
- ST 391 041
- Coordinates
- 50.8335, -2.86546
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thatched Cottage is a detached cottage from the 18th century. It features painted lias rubble walls and a thatched roof with stacks at each gable. The building is 1½ storeys high and has attics. There are two windows, which are wooden casements with glazing bars, arranged as two-light and three-light. The front door is located on the right-hand gable and is made of wood with glass panels, dating from the 20th century. Previously, the front door was situated on the front wall, to the right of the center. Inside, there are mid-chamfered ceiling beams.
Local climate
The Thatched Cottage 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1997
- No related consent applications matched
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