The Thimble is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1984. Public house. 5 related planning applications.
The Thimble
- WRENN ID
- third-chalk-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 May 1984
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Thimble, High Street, Piddlehinton, DT2 7TD
- OS grid reference
- SY 713 975
- Coordinates
- 50.77679, -2.40712
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thimble is a public house, likely dating from the early 19th century. It is characterised by pebble-dashed walls and a thatched roof, which is gabled on the right-hand side and hipped on the left. The building is two storeys high with a four-window range. The ground floor openings have segmental heads, and contain three-light casement windows with horizontal glazing bars. A gabled porch is present, and the rear of the building has a catslide roof.
Local climate
The Thimble receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 12 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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