21 and 23, West Street is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1959. Pair of cottages.
21 and 23, West Street
- WRENN ID
- eastward-plinth-clover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 November 1959
- Type
- Pair of cottages
- Address
- 21 and 23, West Street, Corfe Castle
- OS grid reference
- SY 960 819
- Coordinates
- 50.63703, -2.05724
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 21 and 23 on West Street are a pair of cottages that were originally built as one house in the late 16th to early 17th century. They feature rubble stone walls and stone slate roofs, with two brick stacks and one stone stack. The cottages are two stories high with attics and were originally designed with a three-room and cross-passage layout.
No. 21 has a ledged door, and its ground floor includes two casement windows with glazing bars. The first floor has one casement window with a central horizontal bar, and the attic features a small pent-roofed dormer with a casement window.
No. 23 has a ledged door set in a stone four-centred arch. Its ground floor has one casement window with glazing bars beneath a flat arch, while the first floor contains two casement windows with a central horizontal bar. Although the interiors are not accessible, it is noted that No. 21 contains a 17th-century fireplace and a stone spiral staircase, according to the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England.
Local climate
21 and 23, West Street receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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