The Lower Barracks is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 1984. Residential. 2 related planning applications.
The Lower Barracks
- WRENN ID
- nether-gateway-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 August 1984
- Type
- Residential
- Address
- The Lower Barracks, Church Knowle, BH20 5NG
- OS grid reference
- SY 937 817
- Coordinates
- 50.63535, -2.08932
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lower Barracks is a terrace of three cottages, originally four, likely dating from the mid-19th century. The cottages are constructed of rubble stone with slate roofs, featuring coped gables and stone eaves courses. Brick stacks are positioned on the ridge. The arrangement includes a central open passageway leading to the rear. Number one has an entrance within a small link building attached to the New Inn. Number two has a partly glazed door, while number three has a ledged door. The ground floor has six casement windows with glazing bars, each set beneath a projecting stone lintel. The first floor has four similar windows, but without the projecting lintels. A front boundary wall, built of stone with rough coping, stone piers, and simple iron gates, runs along the front. The terrace is included on the listing for its contribution to the wider group value of buildings in the area.
Local climate
The Lower Barracks 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 — 3 transactions since 2006
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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