29 and 31, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1973. House. 1 related planning application.
29 and 31, High Street
- WRENN ID
- silent-bonework-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 October 1973
- Type
- House
- Address
- 29 and 31, High Street, Shaftesbury, SP7 8JE
- OS grid reference
- ST 863 229
- Coordinates
- 51.0059, -2.1961
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
29 and 31 High Street are mid-19th century buildings that stand two stories tall with an attic, featuring four bays. The front is made of stone ashlar and has a gabled parapet with coping. The first and third bays from the right have gabled dormers set behind a flat parapet, while the second and fourth bays have gables with attic windows. The windows are a mix of two-light and three-light casements, adorned with stone dressings and drip moulds above, which are now painted. At the eastern end, there is a large, attractive semi-circular arched doorway with a drip mould above, leading to handsome wooden boarded doors. The ground floor has 19th-century shop fronts flanked by pilasters, with a plain fascia (the fascia above the centre window has been altered) and a large moulded cornice above. This building was once an inn. It is part of a group that includes the Town Hall, the Church of St. Peter, The Mitre Inn, and Nos 25 to 31 (odd).
Local climate
29 and 31, High Street 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 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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