42-46, Bell Street is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1973. Cottage.
42-46, Bell Street
- WRENN ID
- tall-roof-hyssop
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 October 1973
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 42-46, Bell Street, Shaftesbury
- OS grid reference
- ST 864 231
- Coordinates
- 51.00745, -2.1951
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 42 to 46 on Bell Street are cottages that likely date from the 18th century. They are constructed from stone rubble or rough ashlar. The cottages feature casement windows with small panes. Nos 42 and 44 have gable ends facing the road, with No 42 having an elevated eaves level and a slate roof added. Nos 42 and 46 are two storeys tall, while No 44 has three storeys and a thatched roof. No 42 has one window above and two below, flanking a central doorway. No 44 has one window bay and three storeys. No 46 features two two-light windows above and one three-light window below, along with a plain wooden boarded door. These cottages form a group with No 1 Victoria Street and Nos 2 to 8 Barton Hill.
Local climate
42-46, Bell Street receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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