Premises of Senior and Godwin is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1960. House, offices.

Premises of Senior and Godwin

WRENN ID
veiled-corner-pine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 October 1960
Type
House, offices
Address
Premises of Senior and Godwin, Market Place, Sturminster Newton
OS grid reference
ST 786 141
Coordinates
50.92675, -2.30546
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The premises of Senior and Godwin is an 18th-century house that has been converted into offices. It features a stucco exterior with rusticated quoins and a slate roof with gable ends and end stacks. The symmetrical facade has two storeys and an attic, comprising five bays. All windows are sash style with glazing bars set under segmental arches. The central gabled dormer includes an open pediment and a pseudo Venetian window with glazing bars, while there are two flanking dormers with glazing bars beneath their own pediments. A projecting 19th-century porch, adorned with banded rustication, has a pediment above the door. Inside, some rooms are decorated with panelling, moulded dado rails, and moulded and partially dentilled cornices. The dog-leg staircase features moulded, ramped handrails along with turned corner newels and balusters.

Local climate

Premises of Senior and Godwin receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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