Dorset Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1972. Hotel.
Dorset Hotel
- WRENN ID
- steep-chancel-root
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Isle of Wight
- Constituency
- Isle of Wight East MP: Joe Robertson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 May 1972
- Type
- Hotel
- Address
- Dorset Hotel, 31, Dover Street, Ryde
- OS grid reference
- SZ 595 925
- Coordinates
- 50.72931, -1.15737
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Dorset Hotel, located at No. 31 Dover Street, is a large villa built around 1830 to 1840. It stands on a corner site with Melville Street and features two storeys and a basement, with a cement-rendered exterior. The low-pitched hipped slate roof has projecting bracketed eaves. There are two stuccoed chimney stacks on the eaves at the north and south ends, each linked by a stucco parapet that has an arched opening at the base.
The front facade includes three recessed windows with intact sash glazing bars and block sills. The central entrance is a recessed door with three panels and a rectangular fanlight featuring marginal glazing bars. This door is framed by a moulded surround. A Greek Doric porch, set on a plinth, is positioned at the top of a flight of five steps, with pilasters on the wall, a frieze that has a modern fascia board, a cornice, and a blocking course above. There is also a modern single-storey wing on the north side of the building.
Local climate
Dorset Hotel receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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