8, Purewell is a Grade II listed building in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 February 1976. House.

8, Purewell

WRENN ID
fallow-corridor-moss
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Constituency
Christchurch MP: Sir Christopher Chope (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 February 1976
Type
House
OS grid reference
SZ 165 929
Coordinates
50.73556, -1.76745
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 8 Purewell is an early 19th-century facade attached to an earlier building. It features painted brick and a tiled roof with a large, off-center chimney. The structure is two storeys high and has three windows, including one blank window on the first floor. The windows are sashes with glazing bars. The door and ground floor windows have cowered heads. This building is part of a group that includes Nos. 6 (eastern part only) to 16 (even) and the Bridge Furnishing Factory, as well as Nos. 9 to 13 (odd) opposite, with Nos. 6 (eastern part only) and 10 to 16 (even) being of local interest.

Local climate

8, Purewell receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% 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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