House Adjoining Post Office to the West is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 October 1983. House.
House Adjoining Post Office to the West
- WRENN ID
- weathered-marble-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 October 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- House Adjoining Post Office to the West, DT10 2QT
- OS grid reference
- ST 735 178
- Coordinates
- 50.95939, -2.3786
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This 18th-century house, located adjacent to the Post Office on Barrow Hill, is constructed of coursed rubble and features a slate mansard roof with brick end stacks. The symmetrical facade is two storeys high and consists of three bays. It has 19th-century sash windows with glazing bars throughout, and the central door is flanked by windows with moulded frames on the first floor. There is a blocked opening on the ground floor.
Local climate
House Adjoining Post Office to the West receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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