The Dorset Arms Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the Wealden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1953. Hotel. 5 related planning applications.
The Dorset Arms Hotel
- WRENN ID
- pale-cinder-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wealden
- Constituency
- Sussex Weald MP: Ms Nusrat Ghani (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1953
- Type
- Hotel
- Address
- The Dorset Arms Hotel, Withyham, TN7 4BD
- OS grid reference
- TQ 496 356
- Coordinates
- 51.10062, 0.13559
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Dorset Arms Hotel is a 15th century timber-framed building that has been altered over time. It stands two storeys high with an attic and features four windows. The exterior is now faced with brick and tile hanging, both of which are painted, and it sits on a stone base. The roof is tiled, and there are casement windows, some of which have pointed Gothic panes. At the north end, there is a gable with scalloped barge-boards, and a 19th century porch is present. Inside, the hotel has ceiling beams and open fireplaces.
Local climate
The Dorset Arms Hotel receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% 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 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 1 transaction since 2015
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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