Plank House and River Gate is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1960. House. 4 related planning applications.
Plank House and River Gate
- WRENN ID
- scarred-bronze-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 August 1960
- Type
- House
- Address
- Plank House and River Gate, Wyke Street, Gillingham, SP8 4NA
- OS grid reference
- ST 805 265
- Coordinates
- 51.03756, -2.2793
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Plank House, now two separate houses, likely originated in the 17th century, although the main portion of the building dates to the mid-18th century. It has an ashlar facade with rubble side walls, and a tiled roof with brick stacks at each end and in the centre. The two-storey structure has a four-window front, featuring 16-pane sash windows with moulded stone architraves and projecting keystones.
Local climate
Plank House and River Gate receives an average of 830 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 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 1 transaction since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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