2 and 3, The Common is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 November 1953. Cottage.

2 and 3, The Common

WRENN ID
sombre-corner-cobweb
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 November 1953
Type
Cottage
Address
2 and 3, The Common, Evershot
OS grid reference
ST 575 046
Coordinates
50.83973, -2.60437
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos. 2 and 3 The Common, formerly the Fox Inn, are two attached cottages dating from the mid-19th century, with some 20th-century alterations. The cottages have rubble-stone walls and a slate roof featuring gable ends, stone gable-copings, and moulded kneeler-blocks. There are stone stacks on the left side, a ridge stack located right of center, and another stack behind the ridge. The buildings are 1 and a half storeys tall and have a total of four windows. No. 2 features one, two, and three-light hollow chamfered stone mullions with iron casements that have diamond-leaded lights. No. 3 has two-light mullions of the same design, but with 20th-century metal casements. Both cottages have separate, returned labels above the windows. Gabled dormers with original 2-light mullions and labels are present at each end of the facade. The door for No. 2 is a 19th-century plank door with a separate label above it, while No. 3 has a door at the right end that is a 20th-century plank and glazed design, also with a separate label above. The rear wall features triangular gablets with 2-light casements.

Local climate

2 and 3, The Common receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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