401-407, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1952. Terrace of cottages. 1 related planning application.
401-407, High Street
- WRENN ID
- proud-facade-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1952
- Type
- Terrace of cottages
- Address
- 401-407, High Street, Swanage
- OS grid reference
- SZ 014 789
- Coordinates
- 50.61007, -1.98027
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 401 to 407 on High Street is a terrace of Purbeck cottages dating from the late 18th century to early 19th century. The cottages feature Purbeck Stone walls, with the front elevation made of ashlar stone, and Purbeck Stone roofs. They have brick stacks and are two storeys high.
No 401 has a modern glazed door, one double-hung sash window on the ground floor, and one modern window on the first floor. No 403 has a modern part-glazed door, one double-hung sash window on the ground floor, and one modern window on the first floor. No 405 features a modern part-glazed door and modern single-pane windows on both the ground and first floors. No 407 has a modern part-glazed door, one double-hung sash window on the ground floor, and one casement window on the first floor. There are single-storey rear additions to all the houses.
Local climate
401-407, High Street receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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