No 115 (Bridge House) Including Parapet Wall is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. Academy and residence. 4 related planning applications.
No 115 (Bridge House) Including Parapet Wall
- WRENN ID
- lost-stone-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Academy and residence
- Address
- No 115 (Bridge House) Including Parapet Wall, East Street, Bridport, DT6 3LB
- OS grid reference
- SY 470 928
- Coordinates
- 50.73299, -2.75224
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No 115, known as Bridge House, including the parapet wall, was built in 1768 by James Rooker, who was the first Independent Minister. This building served as his home and as an academy for training ministers, making it a rare example of a Dissenting Academy and a precursor to Western College in Plymouth. The front is made of ashlar stone and features a hipped tile roof. It has two storeys and attics, with a modillion eaves cornice. The plinth and eaves cornice return around giant angle pilasters. There are five ranges of sash windows with painted stone architraves and sills, along with two hipped dormers. The entrance has a panelled door with panelled reveals, a moulded architrave, and a hood supported by voluted console brackets. The east elevation includes four cased sashes with glazing bars, and there are casement windows behind them. The rear section has an old tile roof. In front, there is a store parapet wall with small gatepiers. The buildings from Nos 61 to 115 (odd) and the wall from the east end of No 115 form a group.
Local climate
No 115 (Bridge House) Including Parapet Wall receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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 — 2 transactions since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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