Max Gate is a Grade I listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1970. A 1885 House. 10 related planning applications.

Max Gate

WRENN ID
kindled-jamb-dust
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 May 1970
Type
House
Period
1885
Address
Max Gate, Alington Avenue, Dorchester, DT1 2AB
OS grid reference
SY 704 899
Coordinates
50.70813, -2.41998
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Max Gate is a Grade I listed building located on Alington Avenue. It was constructed in 1885 and designed by the architect Thomas Hardy. The building is made of red brick and reflects the "Queen Anne" style, resembling the work of architect William Henry Webb rather than that of George Edmund Street. Hardy built Max Gate as his personal residence, where he lived until his death in 1928.

Local climate

Max Gate 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 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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