139 with Boundary Wall is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 July 1975. Detached house. 1 related planning application.

139 with Boundary Wall

WRENN ID
dark-pavement-fen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 July 1975
Type
Detached house
Address
139 with Boundary Wall, Chiswell, Portland, DT5 1AP
OS grid reference
SY 684 734
Coordinates
50.55973, -2.44734
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

139 is a detached house located on the south side of Chiswell, dating from the early to mid-18th century, although it has undergone significant modifications. The exterior is rendered and scribed, with a small area of exposed large Portland stone block on the left side of the ground floor. The roof is primarily covered with asbestos cement slates, with some stone slates present.

The house is a free-standing property that faces north along Chiswell and is two storeys high. It features a central three-storey 'tower' porch with a coped gable, which has plain sash windows above a 20th-century door with a very narrow transom light. To the right of the porch, there are paired four-pane sashes on both the ground and first floors, each with a central rendered flush mullion. To the left of the porch, there are similar paired sashes on the first floor above a blocked former shop front, where some structural stonework is exposed.

The house has stone gable stacks with cappings, and the left gable has a raised verge. The gable facing the road includes an attic light and a blocked door to the right. At the back, which features some stone slating, there is a plain sash window centrally located on both the ground and first floors. Although the interior is reported to be completely altered, the exterior still provides evidence of its early history and holds a significant visual position at the south end of Chiswell.

Local climate

139 with Boundary Wall 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2006
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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  • 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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