46, Cheap Street is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 November 1950. A Late medieval House.

46, Cheap Street

WRENN ID
guardian-vestry-magpie
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 November 1950
Type
House
Address
46, Cheap Street, Sherborne
OS grid reference
ST 638 166
Coordinates
50.9485, -2.5163
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

46 Cheap Street is a late medieval timber-framed building dating from around 1625. It has two storeys, with stone at the ground level and timber framing above that is finished with plaster. The ground floor features two moulded posts that support curved braces for the overhanging upper storey. The roof is covered with plaintiles and has two Georgian gabled dormers. The first floor has later wooden casement windows, while the ground floor has two inserted shop windows. This building is part of a group that includes Nos 2 to 30 (even) and Nos 34 to 50 (even).

Local climate

46, Cheap Street 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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