The Abbey Gate House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1971. House. 1 related planning application.

The Abbey Gate House

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 November 1971
Type
House
Address
The Abbey Gate House, 1, Church Lane, Sherborne
OS grid reference
ST 638 164
Coordinates
50.94675, -2.51571
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Abbey Gate House, located on Church Lane, dates back to 1625 and is now home to the Sherborne Museum. The east wall is believed to include a section of the medieval precinct wall from the nearby monastery that once connected to the Cemetery Gate. The building features a two-storey stone front with an attic, two windows, a tiled roof, and a stone stack. It has stone mullioned windows and gables above the attic windows. The entrance boasts a Tudor-style doorway with a cambered head. The Abbey Gate House is part of an important group of buildings that includes Bow House, The Cemetery Gate, No 2 (occupied by Gilham Bros), No 3 (also occupied by Gilham Bros), as well as No 88, The Conduit, No 90, and Saints John Building (The Parade) on Cheap Street.

Local climate

The Abbey Gate House receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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Nearby listed buildings

  1. The Cemetery Gate Grade I 8 m
  2. No 2 Including Premises Occupied by Gilham Bros Grade II 9 m
  3. Conservative Club (The Parade) Grade II 10 m
  4. No 3 Including Premises Occupied by Gilham Bros Grade II 15 m
  5. Bow House Grade II 16 m
  6. Former Church House (Comprises Premises Occupied by W Warr, Tobbaconist Premises Occupied by Pedley and White Premises Occupied by John Isaacs) Grade II* 18 m
  7. Saints John Building (The Parade) Comprising No 92 Cheap Street (Premises Occupied by Senior and Goodwin) and Premises Occupied by R E Bath Travel Services Grade II 22 m
  8. The Conduit (The Parade) Grade I 26 m
  9. School House Dining Hall at Sherborne Hall Grade I 28 m
  10. Gates and Gate Piers at North East End of Abbey Close Grade II 28 m