Granary and Waggon-House 55 Metres East-South-East of Compton House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 1961. Granary and waggon-house.

Granary and Waggon-House 55 Metres East-South-East of Compton House

WRENN ID
secret-pier-fen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 July 1961
Type
Granary and waggon-house
OS grid reference
ST 594 168
Coordinates
50.94931, -2.578
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Granary and Waggon-House, located 55 metres east-south-east of Compton House, dates from the mid-18th century. It features ashlar stone walls and a ripped Roman tile roof, and is two storeys tall. The building has six windows, which are two-light mullion windows with flat stone architraves. There are doorways at each end of the structure, each with architraves, a pulvinated frieze, and a cornice, leading to panelled doors. The central bay projects and is pedimented, containing two carriage entrances with three-centred heads, large imposts, and two-leaf plank doors.

Local climate

Granary and Waggon-House 55 Metres East-South-East of Compton House receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% 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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