1, West Walks is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1950. House. 2 related planning applications.
1, West Walks
- WRENN ID
- young-cloister-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 May 1950
- Type
- House
- Address
- 1, West Walks, Dorchester, DT1 1RE
- OS grid reference
- SY 689 906
- Coordinates
- 50.71422, -2.44091
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
1 West Walks is a stuccoed house built around 1830. It is a three-storey, three-window block. The lower two storeys feature Tuscan pilasters and an entablature, with panelled pilasters above. A wide eaves line is supported by plain brackets. The roof is low-pitched and slate-covered. The ground floor has a doorway and French windows, while sash windows are present above. The building is part of a group that includes numbers 1 to 6 (consecutive), along with the wall connecting numbers 5 and 6.
Local climate
1, West Walks 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 — 3 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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