21, Great Western Road is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1975. Commercial. 1 related planning application.

21, Great Western Road

WRENN ID
lunar-wattle-aspen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 May 1975
Type
Commercial
Address
21, Great Western Road, Dorchester, DT1 1RD
OS grid reference
SY 690 902
Coordinates
50.71143, -2.44011
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

21 Great Western Road is a mid-19th century building featuring stucco exterior and a pitched slate roof. It stands two storeys tall and is characterized by rusticated quoins. The facade is enhanced by elaborate pilasters topped with pyramidal finials, which flank a contemporary shopfront. There are two sash windows set in moulded frames, with a cornice supported by elaborate consoles above them. Additionally, the building has two modern attic dormers.

Local climate

21, Great Western Road 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 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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