The Town House is a Grade II* listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1959. House. 1 related planning application.

The Town House

WRENN ID
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Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 November 1959
Type
House
Address
The Town House, the Square, Corfe Castle, BH20 5EZ
OS grid reference
SY 960 820
Coordinates
50.63831, -2.05743
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Town House is a late 18th-century building located in Corfe Castle, incorporating the former Mayor's Parlour and Robing Room, which are now used as Church Rooms accessed from the rear at an upper level. The structure features ashlar stone walls, a stone slate roof, and brick end stacks, with one stack positioned left of center. It is two storeys high with an attic and has a full-height round-ended projection at its center.

On the ground floor, there is an oak ledged door beneath a lintel with a projecting keystone. Above this, on the first floor, is a curved bay window that extends above the eaves, topped with a half-hipped roof and fitted with casements that have lead lights. Flanking the projection on the ground floor are two casements, each with lead lights, also under lintels with projecting keystones. On the first floor, there is one casement with lead lights on either side of the bay window. The attic features two hipped dormers with casements that also have lead lights.

Internally, the main ground floor rooms are notable for their large open fireplaces with timber lintels. The Robing Room on the first floor has a curved plaster ceiling. The Town House is a property of the National Trust.

Local climate

The Town House receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% 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 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% 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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