The Old Ship Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1975. Public house. 1 related planning application.
The Old Ship Public House
- WRENN ID
- fading-porch-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 May 1975
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Old Ship Public House, High West Street, Dorchester, DT1 1UW
- OS grid reference
- SY 691 907
- Coordinates
- 50.71512, -2.43874
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Ship Public House is a 2-storey building located on High West Street. The front is roughcast and features 2 windows. The ground floor has been modernized, while the first floor retains 2 17th-century mullioned windows: one with 5 lights and the other with 4 lights. The frames of these windows appear to be original, as do the lead glazing bars and the glass. The Old Ship Public House, along with Nos 13 to 15, Nos 18 and 19 (The Royal Oak Public House), and Nos 21 to 24, as well as the Church of Our Lady, form a group of significant buildings.
Local climate
The Old Ship Public House 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 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2023
- 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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