Whitesands Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1987. Cottage.
Whitesands Cottage
- WRENN ID
- shifting-moat-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 July 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Whitesands Cottage, Shaftesbury Road, Donhead St. Andrew
- OS grid reference
- ST 924 234
- Coordinates
- 51.01038, -2.10928
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Whitesands Cottage is a detached cottage dating from the late 18th century. It is constructed of dressed limestone and features a thatched roof with a hip on the left side and a brick stack on the right. The cottage is two stories high and has three windows, all of which are casements. There is a 20th-century door located in a thatched porch to the left of the center, with two 2-light casements on either side. The first floor also has three 2-light casements. The right side of the cottage is windowless and has a 20th-century greenhouse attached to the left. At the rear, there is a 20th-century extension. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Whitesands Cottage receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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