7, High West Street is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1950. A C17 House.

7, High West Street

WRENN ID
late-buttress-moss
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 May 1950
Type
House
Address
7, High West Street, Dorchester
OS grid reference
SY 691 907
Coordinates
50.71524, -2.43764
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 7 High West Street is a 17th-century building that has been altered in the 19th century. It features a timber frame and plaster construction, with two storeys and an attic, topped by a tiled roof. The ground floor has a modern pseudo-Tudor shopfront. On the first floor, there are two transomed oriel windows, and the roof includes two hipped dormers.

Local climate

7, High West Street 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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