197 and 197a, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 March 1983. House. 1 related planning application.
197 and 197a, High Street
- WRENN ID
- wild-thatch-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 March 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- 197 and 197a, High Street, Swanage, BH19 2NF
- OS grid reference
- SZ 025 786
- Coordinates
- 50.60799, -1.96542
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Probably dating from the 18th century, 197 and 197a High Street are a pair of buildings with walls and roof constructed of Purbeck stone. They are one storey in height, with attics above. Number 197 has a modern door, while 197a retains an original four-panel door. The ground floor of 197 features a modern casement window. The attic space is lit by two half-dormers with hipped roofs, each containing a modern casement window. A Purbeck stone boundary wall runs along the street frontage.
Local climate
197 and 197a, High Street receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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 — 9 transactions since 1995
- 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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