The New Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1956. Public house. 6 related planning applications.
The New Inn
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-crypt-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1956
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The New Inn, West Knighton, DT2 8PE
- OS grid reference
- SY 733 878
- Coordinates
- 50.68972, -2.37896
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The New Inn is a public house dating from the early 19th century, although it has been heavily altered internally in the 20th century. The building features brick walls constructed in Flemish bond and has clay tile roofs with stone slate eaves. There are brick stacks located at the left gable, the centre of the ridge, and the right gable. The structure is two storeys high and has five windows, which are sash style with glazing bars, along with wooden cills and lintels.
The doorways include a brick porch located to the left of centre, which has a tiled pentice roof and a 20th-century panelled door. To the right of centre, there is a plank door with a single top light, dating from the 19th century.
Local climate
The New Inn receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% 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.
- No sale records on file
- 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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