53, Bell Street is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 June 1952. Domestic.

53, Bell Street

WRENN ID
sacred-rubble-heath
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 June 1952
Type
Domestic
Address
53, Bell Street, Shaftesbury
OS grid reference
ST 864 231
Coordinates
51.00747, -2.19461
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

53 Bell Street is a building that dates back to 1615 and may have origins in the 17th century. It is a two-storey structure with a window front and an attic that features one gabled dormer. The building is constructed of stone rubble and has casement windows with small panes, along with inserted bottled glass. The ground floor windows are fitted with shutters that have a pierced design. The door is designed to look antique and is topped with a moulded door-hood.

Local climate

53, Bell Street 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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