5, Church Street is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1975. A Georgian House. 2 related planning applications.
5, Church Street
- WRENN ID
- fossil-brick-oak
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 May 1975
- Type
- House
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- 5, Church Street, Dorchester, DT1 1JN
- OS grid reference
- SY 693 906
- Coordinates
- 50.71486, -2.43521
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century building on the west side of Church Street. It is constructed of Portland or Ridgeway rubble stone. The roof is pitched and covered with modern pantiles, featuring coped gable ends. A central brick stack rises from the roof. The building is two storeys high with attics. It has two ranges of contemporary windows, each with mullions and transoms, and casement windows. One hipped attic dormer is present, with a tile roof and slate-hung cheeks, and its windows have lead glazing bars. A flush-panelled door provides access to the property. The listed buildings along Church Street are considered to form a group.
Local climate
5, Church Street 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 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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