2 and 4, West Borough is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1952. Commercial building. 2 related planning applications.
2 and 4, West Borough
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-bailey-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- Mid Dorset and North Poole MP: Vikki Slade (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 June 1952
- Type
- Commercial building
- Address
- 2 and 4, West Borough, Wimborne Minster
- OS grid reference
- SU 009 001
- Coordinates
- 50.80051, -1.98826
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 2 and 4 West Borough are 18th-century buildings that are now part of Barclays Bank. They feature brick walls and a brick dentil cornice at the eaves, with a tiled roof and stone eaves courses. A plastered platband runs at first floor level. The buildings are two storeys high. The ground floor has two part-glazed doors and four two-light double-hung sash windows, two of which have glazing bars. The first floor contains six double-hung sash windows, three of which have glazing bars. Number 2 has raised plastered quoins at each end of the facade and a door with a rusticated surround, which may be a recent addition. The first-floor rooms have 18th-century dados with raised panels.
Local climate
2 and 4, West Borough receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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