56, 58, 60 and 62, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 March 1983. Terrace of shops.

56, 58, 60 and 62, High Street

WRENN ID
vast-alcove-reed
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 March 1983
Type
Terrace of shops
Address
56, 58, 60 and 62, High Street, Swanage, BH19 2NZ
OS grid reference
SZ 030 787
Coordinates
50.60837, -1.95884
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos 56, 58, 60, and 62 High Street is a three-storey terrace of shops built in 1877, designed by architect G. Rickmay. The buildings feature Purbeck stone walls and roofs, with stone stacks that have moulded caps. The ground floor showcases 19th and 20th-century shop fronts framed by Corinthian pilasters and moulded stone cornices. Between Nos 58 and 60, there is a shield that likely originally displayed a Coat of Arms. On the first floor, each building has a three-light stone mullioned window with leaded lights, set under a relieving arch. The second floor has similar windows. This terrace has group value with the Town Hall, and the capitals and shield are from Castle Mondolfo in Italy.

Local climate

56, 58, 60 and 62, High Street receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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