The White Lion is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 1984. Public house. 2 related planning applications.
The White Lion
- WRENN ID
- sharp-steeple-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 July 1984
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The White Lion, the Square, Broadwindsor, DT8 3QD
- OS grid reference
- ST 437 025
- Coordinates
- 50.81994, -2.79994
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The White Lion is a public house dating from the early 19th century. It features dressed stone walls and a slate roof with gable ends, along with brick stacks at both the left and right gables. The building has two storeys and three windows, which are sashes with thin glazing bars, each with stone voussoirs above and stone cills below. The front door is centrally located and has flush and recessed panels from the 19th century, topped by a segmental fanlight that is also framed by dressed stone voussoirs.
Local climate
The White Lion receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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.
- No sale records on file
- 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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