The Ship Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 June 1952. Inn.

The Ship Inn

WRENN ID
sunken-steel-gorse
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 June 1952
Type
Inn
Address
The Ship Inn, Bleke Street, Shaftesbury
OS grid reference
ST 861 230
Coordinates
51.00685, -2.19879
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Ship Inn is a gabled stone ashlar building located on the corner of Tout Hill, dating from the 17th century. It has undergone a new roof installation along with other alterations and additions. The building features several original stone mullioned windows, especially on the side facing Tout Hill. This side has a steep drop in the ground, which creates a high terraced pavement with an iron railing. Additionally, there is a large external chimney with offsets that faces Bleke Street.

Local climate

The Ship Inn 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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