1-3, Abbey Close is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 November 1950. Cottage. 5 related planning applications.

1-3, Abbey Close

WRENN ID
night-tower-sage
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 November 1950
Type
Cottage
Address
1-3, Abbey Close, Sherborne, DT9 3LQ
OS grid reference
ST 637 164
Coordinates
50.94634, -2.51757
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a row of three two-storey cottages, built around 1625. They are constructed with stone rubble fronts, and have roofs covered with stone slates laid in diminishing courses towards the ridge. Each cottage has one window bay and a doorway. The windows are wood casements with leaded glazing. The cottage doorways are plain, with wood lintels, ledged doors in frames to numbers 1 and 2, and a door with cover strips and studs to number 3. The listed buildings in Abbey Close form a group with the east end of number 1 Finger Lane.

Local climate

1-3, Abbey Close 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 — 3 transactions since 1997
  • Related listed building consents — 5 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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