8, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 October 1984. House. 3 related planning applications.
8, High Street
- WRENN ID
- peeling-hearth-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 October 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- 8, High Street, Wool, BH20 6BP
- OS grid reference
- SY 846 867
- Coordinates
- 50.67984, -2.21891
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Probably dating from the 18th century, No. 8 High Street is a house with an attached outbuilding to the north. The building has plastered walls and a thatched roof, with a brick chimney stack. It is two storeys high. A ledged door is situated within a modern brick porch covered with a slate roof. On the ground floor, there is one modern window and a fixed window with glazing bars. The first floor has one modern window and a casement window with glazing bars. The attached outbuilding contains a ledged door and a loft door above it. This building is of group value, contributing to the character of the street.
Local climate
8, High Street receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2012
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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