53 and 54 Durweston is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 1970. A C18 Cottage.
53 and 54 Durweston
- WRENN ID
- fallow-niche-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 October 1970
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 53 and 54 Durweston, DT11 0QA
- OS grid reference
- ST 858 084
- Coordinates
- 50.87558, -2.20235
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
53 and 54 Durweston is a row of four cottages that have been converted into two cottages, likely built in the mid-18th century. The exterior features rendered and white or colourwashed walls topped with a gable-ended thatched roof. There are brick stacks at various points along the ridge. The building has two storeys and an irregular arrangement of seven windows.
No. 56 has 19th-century sash windows with vertical glazing bars, while No. 54-55 features casement windows with horizontal glazing bars and a centrally located plank door. No. 53 is distinguished by two wrought-iron casements with leaded lights—three lights on the left and two on the right. To the right of these is a plank door with a flat hood supported by reused carved consoles, and adjacent to it is a two-light casement. Above, there are three 19th-century six-pane sash windows.
Local climate
53 and 54 Durweston receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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- Sale history — 9 transactions since 1995
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