The Close House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 October 1950. House. 1 related planning application.
The Close House
- WRENN ID
- quiet-keystone-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 October 1950
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Close House, Blandford Forum, DT11 7HA
- OS grid reference
- ST 887 064
- Coordinates
- 50.85722, -2.16171
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Close House is a late 18th-century building that has been converted into four flats. It features a two-storey red brick front with five windows. The facade includes three hipped dormers and sash windows that have been altered to remove glazing bars. An enriched modillion eaves cornice adds detail to the roofline. The windows are adorned with keystones, and there is a prominent doorway that has a pedimented hood supported by elaborately enriched brackets. The cornice and pediment also feature dentil detailing, while the frieze is decorated with swag enrichment. The door itself has six panels set in fielded panelled reveals, and the frontage of the house is set back from the street.
Local climate
The Close 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 — 11 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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