The Nest is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 April 1952. House. 3 related planning applications.

The Nest

WRENN ID
sharp-pier-mint
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 April 1952
Type
House
Address
The Nest, 7, Sherborne Lane, Lyme Regis, DT7 3NY
OS grid reference
SY 340 921
Coordinates
50.72558, -2.93618
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Nest is an 18th-century building located on the northwest side of Sherborne Lane. It is two storeys high and features one window bay along with a doorway that faces Sherborne Lane. The building has a thatched roof and a roughcast front. It includes sash windows with glazing bars and a wood trellised porch. The entrance has a six-panelled door, with the top two panels being glazed. On the northeast return, there are paired sash windows both above and below. The Nest is part of a group that includes Nos 6 to 10 and Nos 13 to 19, as well as Nos 35 to 37.

Local climate

The Nest receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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 — 3 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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