2 and 4, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 March 1983. Villa. 3 related planning applications.
2 and 4, High Street
- WRENN ID
- muted-forge-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 March 1983
- Type
- Villa
- Address
- 2 and 4, High Street, Swanage, BH19 2AP
- OS grid reference
- SZ 035 786
- Coordinates
- 50.60754, -1.9515
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 2 and 4 High Street, known as Marine Villas, were built in 1825 by William Morton Pitt as Baths, Billiard and Coffee Rooms, designed by Charles Wallis of Dorchester. They are now a pair of semi-detached villas in the Regency style, featuring rendered walls and low-pitched slate roofs. The buildings are two storeys high with slightly projecting bays at each end, which have arched recesses. There are three six-panelled doors with trellised porches and two round-headed windows on the ground floor, along with four plain-headed windows on the first floor. All windows were originally double-hung sashes with glazing bars, although some have been replaced with modern versions.
Local climate
2 and 4, High Street 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2017
- 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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