The Sherborne Do-It-Yourself Centre. Wessex Club. is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1971. Commercial building.
The Sherborne Do-It-Yourself Centre. Wessex Club.
- WRENN ID
- worn-timber-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 November 1971
- Type
- Commercial building
- Address
- The Sherborne Do-It-Yourself Centre. Wessex Club., Westbury
- OS grid reference
- ST 638 163
- Coordinates
- 50.94537, -2.51639
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Sherborne Do-it-Yourself Centre, also known as the Wessex Club, is located on the east side of Westbury and dates from the late 18th century to the mid-19th century. This two-storey building features a five-window ashlar front and has wide eaves. The first floor has sash windows with glazing bars, while the ground floor windows have been enlarged by half a pane at either end. The central doorway, which leads to the Wessex Club, is framed by stone Tuscan pilasters and an entablature, with a wrought iron bracket above that was formerly used for a sign. One of the ground floor sash windows has been replaced by a door leading to The Do-it-Yourself Centre. This building is part of a group that includes Digby Estate Nos 251 to 255, Twyford, Digby Estate No 247, Sherborne Gallery, Westbury Studio, Dolphin House, Estcourt, and Brookfield.
Local climate
The Sherborne Do-It-Yourself Centre. Wessex Club. receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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