The Ship Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 March 1974. Inn. 1 related planning application.

The Ship Inn

WRENN ID
shadowed-screen-rush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 March 1974
Type
Inn
Address
The Ship Inn, West Stour, SP8 5RP
OS grid reference
ST 784 225
Coordinates
51.00206, -2.30799
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Ship Inn is an inn dating from the early 19th century. It features ashlar walls and has gable-ended roofs made of slate and pantiles, with brick stacks at each end. The building is two storeys high and has an irregular arrangement of windows. The windows are sash style with glazing bars. On the left side, there is a canted two-storey bay, and on the right, there is a carriage door with a segmental opening.

Local climate

The Ship Inn receives an average of 830 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 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2022
  • 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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