Cobblers Cottage and Well Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1955. Cottages. 2 related planning applications.
Cobblers Cottage and Well Cottage
- WRENN ID
- eternal-gallery-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 July 1955
- Type
- Cottages
- Address
- Cobblers Cottage and Well Cottage, Water Lane, Winterborne Houghton, DT11 0PE
- OS grid reference
- ST 818 044
- Coordinates
- 50.83922, -2.25879
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Cobblers Cottage and Well Cottage are a pair of cottages built in the 18th century, with later alterations. Cobblers Cottage is constructed of banded flint and brick, while Well Cottage is of rubble, and both are whitewashed. They have half-hipped thatched roofs with brick stacks along the ridge. The cottages are arranged over one and a half storeys with a five-window front. They feature casement windows with glazing bars. Cobblers Cottage has a 20th-century porch with a plank door, while Well Cottage has a plank door. Well Cottage also has a timber-framed outshut constructed of light scantling timbers.
Local climate
Cobblers Cottage and Well Cottage 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 69% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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