International Stores is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1952. Commercial building. 6 related planning applications.

International Stores

WRENN ID
turning-column-willow
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
Commercial building
Address
International Stores, 7, High Street, Wimborne Minster, BH21 1HR
OS grid reference
SU 009 000
Coordinates
50.79973, -1.98748
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is an 18th-century building, originally part of the former New Inn. The main elevation has rendered walls and a tiled roof with a stone course at the eaves. It is two storeys high with an attic. The ground floor has a modern shop front, while the first floor features two double-hung sash windows. A dormer window with a hipped roof and casements is located in the attic.

The north elevation, which faces the yard, has exposed brick walls with a plat band at first-floor level. The ground floor has three blocked windows with segmental arches, and the first floor contains one double-hung sash window with glazing bars and an earlier timber mullioned and transomed window with lead lights. A large modern extension is situated at the rear.

Internally, the room facing the square has fine 18th-century raised panelling, a semi-circular niche with carved ornament in the head, shaped shelves framed by moulded pilasters, a moulded ceiling cornice, a raised-panelled door, and an 18th-century fireplace surround (now blocked). The original 18th-century staircase to the attic features turned balusters and a moulded handrail.

Local climate

International Stores 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2025
  • Related listed building consents — 6 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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