The King's Head Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 February 1981. Hotel. 5 related planning applications.
The King's Head Hotel
- WRENN ID
- spare-hall-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- Mid Dorset and North Poole MP: Vikki Slade (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 February 1981
- Type
- Hotel
- Address
- The King's Head Hotel, the Square, Wimborne Minster
- OS grid reference
- SU 008 000
- Coordinates
- 50.80019, -1.98869
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The King's Head Hotel is a building with origins in the 18th century that has been altered in the 19th century. The elevation facing The Square features walls that were refaced around 1840 and has a roof concealed behind a parapet. It has brick stacks and stands three storeys tall. The ground floor includes a projecting porch in a classical style, with four segmental-headed double hung sash windows separated by projecting pilasters. There is a moulded string course at the first floor level. Above this, the first and second floors are divided into five bays by full-height pilasters, with five double hung sash windows on each floor, featuring classical surrounds. The first-floor windows have pedimented heads. The elevation facing West Street has brick walls and double hung sash windows on all three floors. A large arched opening leading to the rear courtyard has a semi-circular arch on rendered piers. The interior has been significantly altered. The building is included for its group value.
Local climate
The King's Head Hotel receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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