1 and 3, Long Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1973. House.
1 and 3, Long Cross
- WRENN ID
- long-obsidian-mist
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 October 1973
- Type
- House
- Address
- 1 and 3, Long Cross, Shaftesbury
- OS grid reference
- ST 852 232
- Coordinates
- 51.00874, -2.21135
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 1 and 3 Long Cross is an early 19th-century building that has been converted into a single dwelling. It is two storeys high and features six window bays. The roof is slate and gabled. The right-hand end has an ashlar front for two bays, while the left-hand end has a rough ashlar front for four bays, which also has a roof with a lower ridge line. The windows retain their glazing bars and have keystones. In the fourth bay from the left, there are three-light canted bay windows on both floors, with a smaller bay above. The building also has two modern glazed doors.
Local climate
1 and 3, Long Cross 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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