Premises Occupied by the Information Bureau is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1974. Premises.

Premises Occupied by the Information Bureau

WRENN ID
other-parapet-jay
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 January 1974
Type
Premises
Address
Premises Occupied by the Information Bureau, Marine Parade, Lyme Regis
OS grid reference
SY 341 920
Coordinates
50.72434, -2.93358
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The premises occupied by the Information Bureau is a 19th-century building located on Marine Parade. It is two storeys high and features four window bays facing south-east towards the sea, with an additional splayed bay at the right-hand corner. The first floor is slate hung, while the ground floor is rendered. The building has small sash windows set in reveals, without glazing bars. The entrance is situated at the right-hand end of the building.

Local climate

Premises Occupied by the Information Bureau receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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