Wessex Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 January 1985. Cottage.
Wessex Cottage
- WRENN ID
- gentle-nave-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 January 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Wessex Cottage, Mappledore Hill, Gillingham
- OS grid reference
- ST 804 298
- Coordinates
- 51.06779, -2.28085
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wessex Cottage is a building that consists of two cottages now combined into a single dwelling. It dates from the late 17th century or early 18th century. The structure features rubble walls topped with a thatched roof and has end brick stacks. It is 1½ storeys high and has a three-window range, with 2 and 3-light casements. The entrance is located under a thatched porch near the center of the building. Inside, there are large open fireplaces with chamfered and camber bressummers located on the north and south walls.
Local climate
Wessex Cottage receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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