Dwarf Wall, Railings and Gate Enclosing Garden Before Nos 30 and 32 is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1973. Wall.

Dwarf Wall, Railings and Gate Enclosing Garden Before Nos 30 and 32

WRENN ID
calm-garret-pigeon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 October 1973
Type
Wall
Address
Dwarf Wall, Railings and Gate Enclosing Garden Before Nos 30 and 32, Bell Street, Shaftesbury, SP7 8AE
OS grid reference
ST 863 231
Coordinates
51.00714, -2.19574
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The dwarf wall, railings, and gate enclosing the garden in front of Nos 30 and 32 on Bell Street were built in 1615. The dwarf wall is made of brick and features a stone coping. The iron railings have spear-headed finials and square standards topped with urn finials. There is a small gate in the center, which is shared by both houses, and it has ironwork that matches the design of the railings.

Local climate

Dwarf Wall, Railings and Gate Enclosing Garden Before Nos 30 and 32 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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