The George Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 November 1950. Hotel. 6 related planning applications.
The George Hotel
- WRENN ID
- scarred-cornice-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 November 1950
- Type
- Hotel
- Address
- The George Hotel, Higher Cheap Street, Sherborne, DT9 3JD
- OS grid reference
- ST 637 168
- Coordinates
- 50.95028, -2.51711
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The George Hotel is a building located on Higher Cheap Street, dating back to 1625. It is believed to have originated in the early 16th century and may have been part of Becket's Chapel or Hospital. The hotel features a two-storey frontage that is set back, with a passage leading to George Street, which has a moulded stone four-centred arch. The front of the building has undergone significant alterations, including a new roughcast finish. On the first floor, there are four widely spaced altered sash windows, while the ground floor includes wood casements and sash windows, including three small bays. The main doorway has a flat painted architrave and an altered hood. The roof is covered with plain tiles at the front and back, except for the passageway at the south end, which is covered with stone slates. Inside, there are moulded beams, a four-centred fireplace, and a spice cupboard with ventilator holes. The George Hotel forms a group with Nos 1 to 15 (odd) Cheap Street.
Local climate
The George Hotel receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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