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
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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- 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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