57, Dorchester Road is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 1984. Farmhouse, office. 5 related planning applications.

57, Dorchester Road

WRENN ID
hollow-wall-bramble
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
Mid Dorset and North Poole MP: Vikki Slade (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 August 1984
Type
Farmhouse, office
Address
57, Dorchester Road, Lytchett Minster and Upton, BH16 6JE
OS grid reference
SY 960 929
Coordinates
50.73614, -2.05695
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 57 Dorchester Road is a former farmhouse, now used as offices, likely dating from the 18th century. The building features roughcast brick walls and a thatched roof, with brick stacks at each end. It has an L-shaped plan and stands two storeys tall. The front includes a timber gabled porch and a part-glazed door. On the ground floor, there is one double-hung sash window with glazing bars and one plain casement window. The first floor has three double-hung sash windows, all with glazing bars. At the rear, there is a two-storeyed wing made of brick, also with a thatched roof, along with a single-storey lean-to that has a thatched roof.

Local climate

57, Dorchester Road receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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