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

Priory Sports

WRENN ID
grim-sentry-rowan
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
Shop
Address
Priory Sports, 21, Bargates
OS grid reference
SZ 156 929
Coordinates
50.73625, -1.77896
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Priory Sports is a building dating from the 17th century and later, located on the northeast side of Bargates. It features a rendered facade with a half hipped gable end facing the street and is topped with modern pantiles. The building has coved eaves on the sides and stands 2½ storeys high with one window. The top floor is blank, adorned with a drip stone mould and a keystone. The first floor includes quoins, while the ground floor has modern advanced shop fronts and a modern bay.

Local climate

Priory Sports 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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