Public Weighbridge House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1973. Weighbridge house. 1 related planning application.

Public Weighbridge House

WRENN ID
dusk-quoin-khaki
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 October 1973
Type
Weighbridge house
Address
Public Weighbridge House, Half Moon Street, Sherborne
OS grid reference
ST 638 164
Coordinates
50.94619, -2.51663
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Public Weighbridge House is a small semi-circular structure dating from the 18th century, located on Half Moon Street. It features a curved brick surface at the rear and a stone arch facing the street. The building has a peaked roof and a round-headed arch adorned with panelled spandrels, panelled pilasters, and an architrave, frieze, and cornice above. The wooden door has cover strips and includes a plaque indicating that the weighbridge was removed for road widening in 1950. The Public Weighbridge House, along with the Former Church House, is part of a group that includes the Hospital of Saints John the Baptist and John the Evangelist, as well as the Abbey Church of St Mary in Abbey Close.

Local climate

Public Weighbridge House 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 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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