Gainsborough House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 November 1950. A Late medieval House. 2 related planning applications.

Gainsborough House

WRENN ID
cold-mortar-poplar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 November 1950
Type
House
Address
Gainsborough House, South Street, Sherborne, DT9 3LT
OS grid reference
ST 639 163
Coordinates
50.94566, -2.51387
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Gainsborough House is a late medieval building with later additions, located on South Street. The north wing likely originated in the late medieval period and has roof timbers dating from that time. It is slightly higher and projects slightly forward. This wing is two storeys high with two window bays, topped by a stone slate roof with coping, and features a parapet. The front is rendered. It has sash windows on the upper floor and two-light casements with small panes on the lower floor. A lean-to addition now serves as the main entrance at the south end of this wing. A southern wing, also two storeys high and with three window bays, has a plaintile roof with stone coping and a stone front. A stone wall and door are situated to the south of the house. The house is attached to Duck House.

Local climate

Gainsborough House 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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  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 2004
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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  • 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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