21 and 22, The Square is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 June 1953. Attached houses. 3 related planning applications.

21 and 22, The Square

WRENN ID
tilted-hearth-auburn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 June 1953
Type
Attached houses
Address
21 and 22, The Square, Beaminster, DT8 3AU
OS grid reference
ST 480 012
Coordinates
50.80878, -2.73912
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Numbers 21 and 22 on The Square are attached houses dating from the late 18th century, with some changes made around 1900. They have walls made of lias rubble and a slate roof featuring stone gable-coping on the right side, which is half-hipped. The buildings are two storeys tall and have three windows on the first floor, which are sashes with glazing bars. The left side of the ground floor has a shop front with large panes divided by wooden columns and a modillion-type cornice above. The former front doorway in the centre has been replaced with one large glass panel, flanked by fluted Tuscan pilasters, and there is a plain frieze and imposts above. Number 22 is one bay wide and also two storeys tall, featuring a shop front with glass panels on either side and a continuous cornice above. The central front door is made of wood with a large glass panel, dating from the 19th century. Inside, there is a stone fireplace with a Tudor-arch head, recess spandrels, and moulded jambs, which dates back to around the 16th century.

Local climate

21 and 22, The Square receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% 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 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 2002
  • Related listed building consents — 3 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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