Raised Pavement from No 20 As Far As No 56 is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1975. Pavement. 1 related planning application.
Raised Pavement from No 20 As Far As No 56
- WRENN ID
- tangled-tallow-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 May 1975
- Type
- Pavement
- Address
- Raised Pavement from No 20 As Far As No 56, Fordington High Street, Dorchester, DT1 1LA
- OS grid reference
- SY 697 906
- Coordinates
- 50.71478, -2.43008
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a section of raised pavement dating from the mid-19th century, located along Fordington High Street between numbers 20 and 56. The pavement is constructed from Portland or Ridgeway rubble, finished with hammer-dressed stone coping. It is demarcated by iron posts and rails.
Local climate
Raised Pavement from No 20 As Far As No 56 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 16 transactions since 2001
- 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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