8 and 10, Parsons Pool is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1973. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
8 and 10, Parsons Pool
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-postern-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 October 1973
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 8 and 10, Parsons Pool, Shaftesbury, SP7 8AL
- OS grid reference
- ST 862 231
- Coordinates
- 51.00712, -2.19683
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These are two 18th-century cottages located on the west side of Parsons Pool. They are two storeys in height, with one window bay and one door each. Number 8 has painted brickwork set on a stone rubble base, with stone rubble sills. Number 10 is constructed of painted stone rubble. The windows are two-light casements; the upper windows in both cottages have small leaded panes, while the lower windows have modern replacements with wooden lintels. Both cottages have wooden boarded doors set within frames. A chimney breast remains at the north end. The roof is tiled, with a hip at the south end.
Local climate
8 and 10, Parsons Pool receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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 — 3 transactions since 2006
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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