British Legion Headquaters is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1975. Headquarters.
British Legion Headquaters
- WRENN ID
- quiet-facade-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 May 1975
- Type
- Headquarters
- Address
- British Legion Headquaters, High East Street, Dorchester, DT1 1HN
- OS grid reference
- SY 694 908
- Coordinates
- 50.7161, -2.43458
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The British Legion Headquarters is a building from the 18th century or early 19th century, located on High East Street. It is constructed from Portland rubble with red brick dressings, featuring a distinctive end elevation with chequer brickwork. The building has a hipped slate roof and stands two storeys tall. Most of the windows and doors have been modernized. Along the east side, there is a blocked brick arcade consisting of five round-headed arches. The headquarters is part of a group that includes Nos 35 to 43 (consecutive), as well as No 39A, No 39B, and the arch between Nos 40 and 41.
Local climate
British Legion Headquaters 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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