The Square Post Office Martins is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1952. Post office.
The Square Post Office Martins
- WRENN ID
- fossil-frieze-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- Mid Dorset and North Poole MP: Vikki Slade (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 June 1952
- Type
- Post office
- Address
- The Square Post Office Martins, High Street, Wimborne Minster
- OS grid reference
- SU 009 000
- Coordinates
- 50.79967, -1.98752
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Square Post Office Martins is a building located on the east side of High Street, dating from the 18th century. It was originally part of the former New Inn. The exterior features rendered walls and a tiled roof with a stone course at the eaves. The building has two storeys and attics. The ground floor includes a modern shop front, while the first floor has two altered double-hung sash windows. In the attic, there is one dormer with a hipped roof and casements. Although the interior has been significantly altered, it still retains the stairs leading from the first floor to the attic, which are similar to those found in No 7, but have also been modified.
Local climate
The Square Post Office Martins receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% 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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