Random is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 October 1984. Detached house. 4 related planning applications.
Random
- WRENN ID
- former-rubblework-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 October 1984
- Type
- Detached house
- Address
- Random, 43, Quarr Hill, Wool, BH20 6BY
- OS grid reference
- SY 846 863
- Coordinates
- 50.6764, -2.21856
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 43 Random is a detached house, likely built in the late 18th century. It features plastered walls and a thatched roof, with brick stacks. The house has one storey and attics, with single-storey lean-tos at each end; the north lean-to has a tiled roof, while the south lean-to has an asbestos roof. The entrance is located at the rear, consisting of a part-glazed door set in a brick porch that has a tiled lean-to roof. The ground floor includes two modern casement windows, and the attic has two half-dormers, each with similar casements.
Local climate
Random receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2000
- 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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