Dolphin Hotel is a Grade II* listed building in the Test Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 August 1951. Hotel. 1 related planning application.

Dolphin Hotel

WRENN ID
brooding-cloister-wagtail
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Test Valley
Constituency
Romsey and Southampton North MP: Caroline Nokes (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 August 1951
Type
Hotel
Address
Dolphin Hotel, 9, Corn Market, Romsey, SO51 8GB
OS grid reference
SU 352 211
Coordinates
50.98869, -1.49903
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Dolphin Hotel, located at 9 Corn Market, is an early 19th-century building that stands three stories tall. It features a stucco exterior with a rusticated treatment on the ground floor. A raised string course at the first floor creates a base for four pilasters on the upper floors, which are topped with a moulded string course and a parapet. The second floor has three Yorkshire casement windows, while the first floor is distinguished by two semi-circular three-light bay windows flanking a narrow central glazed door. This door is topped with a rectangular fanlight that has a rectangular glazing pattern, leading out to a central curved balcony adorned with contemporary wrought iron rails decorated with cast lead rosettes.

On the ground floor, there are two modern windows to the west and a wide yard entrance to the east. An annex to the east is two stories high, constructed of colour-washed brick. The upper part of the annex has a parapet and stone coping, echoing the rusticated treatment of the main building's ground floor. The central portion of the upper part projects with curved corners and features a large two-light casement window with a Gothic glazing pattern set in a recessed brick arch, complete with a keystone that is ornamented with a gilt Dolphin. The ground floor of the annex includes two modern windows and a central door of later date.

The Dolphin Hotel is part of a group of listed buildings in Corn Market and Market Place.

Local climate

Dolphin Hotel receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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