The Gardens is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 November 1950. Cottage row. 1 related planning application.

The Gardens

WRENN ID
woven-landing-larch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 November 1950
Type
Cottage row
Address
The Gardens, 1-4, Acreman Street, Sherborne, DT9 3NU
OS grid reference
ST 636 164
Coordinates
50.94655, -2.5193
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Gardens is a row of four cottages dating probably from the 17th to 18th centuries, situated set back from the road on Acreman Street. Number 1 is located at the south end of the row. The cottages exhibit a symmetrical appearance to their frontages. They are two storeys in height, constructed of stone rubble with a thatched roof that sweeps up over the first-floor windows to create half-dormers. Windows are wood casements with lead glazing. Each cottage has a two-light casement window above the door and a single-light casement window to the left of the door, with a three-light casement window to the right. Cottages number 2 and 4 have ledged doors. Lintels are present above the ground-floor windows and doors. Brick chimneys are also a feature.

Local climate

The Gardens 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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