The Cross Keys Hotel (The Parade) is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1973. Hotel. 2 related planning applications.
The Cross Keys Hotel (The Parade)
- WRENN ID
- secret-portal-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 October 1973
- Type
- Hotel
- Address
- The Cross Keys Hotel (The Parade), 88, Cheap Street, Sherborne, DT9 3BJ
- OS grid reference
- ST 638 165
- Coordinates
- 50.94705, -2.5158
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cross Keys Hotel, located at 88 Cheap Street, is a three-storey building constructed in brick, showcasing Georgian architectural style from the late 18th century to the early to mid 19th century. The façade features three window bays and is topped with a slate roof. The second floor has three sash windows, each with four panes, while the first floor includes two four-pane sash windows and one three-pane sash window. The ground floor has been modernized with ashlar stone and includes two splayed windows, a central doorway, and an additional doorway at the left end. An inn sign depicting crossed keys is displayed on a well-crafted wrought iron bracket.
The Cross Keys Hotel is part of a group of buildings that includes No 88, The Conduit, No 90, Saints John Building, Bow House, The Cemetery Gate, The Abbey Gate House, No 2, and No 3, which are occupied by Gilham Bros, along with Church Lane.
Local climate
The Cross Keys Hotel (The Parade) receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2017
- 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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