Dale House is a Grade II* listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 October 1950. A Early Modern House. 4 related planning applications.
Dale House
- WRENN ID
- lone-corner-summer
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 October 1950
- Type
- House
- Period
- Early Modern
- Address
- Dale House, Salisbury Street, Blandford Forum
- OS grid reference
- ST 885 066
- Coordinates
- 50.85914, -2.16389
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dale House is a detached house set back in its garden, with the central block dating from around 1690 or 1700, which means it survived the fire of 1731. There are later additions on the sides and many alterations, likely including the relocation of the front door. The central block is two stories high with five windows, constructed of red brick with stone quoins. It has a hipped plain tile roof with stone slates near the eaves and hipped dormers that have probably been altered. A central chimney is surrounded by a flat roof, and there is a coved eaves cornice. The center bay of the front protrudes slightly, and the cove continues up the verges of a small gable, creating the appearance of an open pediment, similar to Ryve's Almshouses. The central first-floor window features a semi-circular head with imposts and a key. An oval stone window on the front may have been added later, replacing the original doorway, which is now located on the south side and has a segmental stone pediment dated 1689.
Local climate
Dale House receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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 — 4 transactions since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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