Melbourne House is a Grade II listed building in the Dover local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 April 1976. House.

Melbourne House

WRENN ID
solemn-quartz-oak
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dover
Constituency
Herne Bay and Sandwich MP: Sir Roger Gale (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 April 1976
Type
House
Address
Melbourne House, 6, Upper Strand Street, Sandwich
OS grid reference
TR 331 581
Coordinates
51.27508, 1.34198
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Melbourne House is a yellow brick building dating from around 1858, featuring a slated roof. It has flat painted arches and pilasters, with a two-panel door. The windows have glazing bars, with each sash consisting of a central square flanked by two smaller squares. Melbourne House is part of a group that includes Nos 2 to 12 (even) and Nos 11 to 19 (odd) High Street.

Local climate

Melbourne House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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