Greyhound House is a Grade I listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 October 1950. A Completed by 1753 (explicit); minor amendment to list entry noted 17/06/2015 (administrative) House. 7 related planning applications.
Greyhound House
- WRENN ID
- pale-hammer-ochre
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 October 1950
- Type
- House
- Period
- Completed by 1753 (explicit); minor amendment to list entry noted 17/06/2015 (administrative)
- Address
- Greyhound House, 2, Market Place, Blandford Forum, DT11 7EB
- OS grid reference
- ST 884 062
- Coordinates
- 50.85582, -2.16544
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Greyhound House, originally the Greyhound Inn, is a Grade I listed building located on the south side of Market Place. It was rebuilt by the Bastard family after a fire and was completed by 1753. The building features a three-storey facade with seven windows, now covered in stucco. The central three bays are adorned with Corinthian pilasters and a pediment, while the eaves cornice and pediment are decorated with enriched modillions. All upper windows have enriched architraves and keystones, and the second-floor windows feature shaped aprons with carved masks. The first-floor level includes a continuous penthouse with a coved soffit, and the ground floor has plain sash windows without glazing bars. An old print depicts a carved greyhound in the tympanum. Greyhound House is part of a group of listed buildings in Market Place and nearby streets.
Local climate
Greyhound House 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 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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