Former lock-up attached to north end of the Town Cellars is a Grade II listed building in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1954. Lock-up.

Former lock-up attached to north end of the Town Cellars

WRENN ID
other-sill-jay
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Constituency
Poole MP: Neil Duncan-Jordan (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 June 1954
Type
Lock-up
Address
Former lock-up attached to north end of the Town Cellars, BH15 1BW
OS grid reference
SZ 008 903
Coordinates
50.71251, -1.98912
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The former lock-up, built in 1820, is located at the north end of the Town Cellars. In the late 19th century, it was repurposed as a fire engine house and is currently used as a plant room and store for the adjoining Poole Museum.

Constructed from limestone ashlar, the building features a slate roof and has a single-room plan. It is a single-storey structure with a two-window range. The two small, barred windows and the studded door between them have chamfered surrounds. A keystone above the door indicates the building's date of 1820. Additionally, a later double door was added at the west end when it served as a fire engine house.

Local climate

Former lock-up attached to north end of the Town Cellars receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% 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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