South Bestwall House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 December 1971. Detached house. 4 related planning applications.
South Bestwall House
- WRENN ID
- grim-flagstone-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- Mid Dorset and North Poole MP: Vikki Slade (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 December 1971
- Type
- Detached house
- Address
- South Bestwall House, Bestwall Road, Wareham Town, BH20 4HZ
- OS grid reference
- SY 927 873
- Coordinates
- 50.68608, -2.10437
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
South Bestwall House is an early 19th-century detached house, originally built in the Regency style, and later divided into three separate units: Number 1, Number 2, and an Upstairs Flat. The house is constructed of colourwashed brick with a hipped slate roof and a brick end stack. It has an L-shaped plan and includes a basement at the rear. The main entrance features a six-panel door. The ground floor has two sash windows and two pairs of French doors, all featuring glazing bars and shutters. The first floor has four sash windows with glazing bars. An ornamental iron verandah with a concave roof is also present. Inside Unit Number 2, a staircase stands out with a cut string, shaped spandrel brackets, and a wreathed handrail.
Local climate
South Bestwall House receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% 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 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1995
- 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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