The Ark is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1952. House.
The Ark
- WRENN ID
- fallow-quartz-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Ark, 10, Church Hill, Swanage
- OS grid reference
- SZ 027 787
- Coordinates
- 50.6082, -1.96293
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ark is a building with probable origins in the 17th century. It appears to have originally been one house along with No 8. The structure features Purbeck stone walls and a roof, and it is two storeys high with a gable end facing the street. There is a lean-to porch with a ledged door, and the building has double-hung sash windows.
Local climate
The Ark receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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