Orleans House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1973. Townhouse. 4 related planning applications.

Orleans House

WRENN ID
former-remnant-sienna
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 October 1973
Type
Townhouse
Address
Orleans House, 45, Cheap Street, Sherborne, DT9 3PU
OS grid reference
ST 638 167
Coordinates
50.94878, -2.51614
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is an 18th or early 19th century two-story building with a three-window stucco facade. It has a parapet and, on the first floor, sash windows with flush frames and altered glazing bars. A shop front has been inserted to the right, while a four-light Georgian bowed window with retained glazing bars and a dentil cornice is on the left. A contemporary doorcase with a hood on brackets frames a six-panelled door. The building forms a group with numbers 29 to 53 (odd) and 53A.

Local climate

Orleans 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 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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  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2017
  • 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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