Cromwell House. Belmont. Wistaria House and Dwarf Walls and Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1973. House.

Cromwell House. Belmont. Wistaria House and Dwarf Walls and Railings

WRENN ID
vacant-truss-dawn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 October 1973
Type
House
Address
Cromwell House. Belmont. Wistaria House and Dwarf Walls and Railings, Long Street, Sherborne
OS grid reference
ST 640 165
Coordinates
50.94763, -2.51318
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Cromwell House, Belmont, Wistaria House, and the dwarf walls and railings are early to mid 19th century buildings located on Long Street. They are two storeys high with an attic and feature slate roofs. Cromwell House has a façade with three windows across six bays, two segmental box dormers, and a rendered front. It has long and short quoins, overhanging eaves supported by stone brackets, and dentil moulded eaves. The sash windows are set in reveals, with glazing bars intact only in the upper right-hand window. The windows have plain architraves, keystones, and moulded cornices, while the central first-floor window is topped with a moulded triangular pediment on cut brackets. The rectangular doorcase features pilasters and an entablature, with a round-headed doorway that has a six flush panelled door.

Belmont and Wistaria House each have two window bays with ashlar fronts and flat pilasters between them. They also have two segmental box dormers each. The outer sash windows are three panes wide, while the inner windows are four panes wide, both with keystones. The stone doorways are adorned with Tuscan pilasters, entablatures, rectangular fanlights, and six moulded panelled doors. The 19th-century dwarf walls are faced with red brick and topped with stone capping, and there are ashlar piers with peaked capping. The property is enclosed by railings.

The premises are occupied by Mr. E. J. T. Rogers and include the Congregational Chapel, dwarf wall, railings, and gates to the Congregational Chapel, as well as a school room to the south of the chapel. Cromwell House, Belmont, Wistaria House, and the dwarf walls and railings, along with Thorn Bank, form a group.

Local climate

Cromwell House. Belmont. Wistaria House and Dwarf Walls and Railings 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 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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