The Laurels is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 January 1985. House. 4 related planning applications.
The Laurels
- WRENN ID
- heavy-loft-peregrine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 January 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Laurels, Motcombe, SP7 9NX
- OS grid reference
- ST 851 252
- Coordinates
- 51.02598, -2.2136
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Laurels is a house built in the late 18th century. It is constructed of brick in Flemish bond with rubble side walls. The building has a gable-ended tiled roof with brick stacks at each end. It stands two storeys high and features a three-window range. The ground floor openings have segmental brick heads with stone keystones. The windows are two-light casements with glazing bars. There is a panelled door with a fanlight, which is set under a shallow segmental head that also has a stone keystone and imposts. The house includes a gabled porch.
Local climate
The Laurels receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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