Pickwicks Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 November 1966. Inn. 3 related planning applications.

Pickwicks Inn

WRENN ID
turning-moulding-raven
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 November 1966
Type
Inn
Address
Pickwicks Inn, 4, the Square, Beaminster, DT8 3AS
OS grid reference
ST 480 013
Coordinates
50.80919, -2.73937
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Pickwicks Inn is an attached restaurant that was formerly known as The King's Arms. The rear of the building was damaged by fire in 1781. It features 17th century elements along with later 20th century alterations. The exterior is made of dressed stone with a plain tile roof that has stone gable-coping on the right side and a shallower pitch at the center. A short 20th century brick chimney stack is located on the right side. The building stands 2 and a half storeys tall and has two windows on the ground floor, which include two wide canted bays with glazing bars and a continuous wooden cornice above, dating from the 19th century and renewed. On the first floor, there are two 3-light stone mullion windows with metal casements, topped by a continuous returned label. The top storey has a shallower central pitch and features 3-light wooden casements with wooden cills. The central entrance is a 20th century two-leaf wooden door with glazing bars. There is also a return range along Hogshill Street, which is two storeys high and includes dormers with three windows, featuring 2- and 3-light stone mullions with separate returned labels above and metal casements.

Local climate

Pickwicks Inn 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 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% 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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