39a and 39b, High East Street is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1975. Commercial building.
39a and 39b, High East Street
- WRENN ID
- noble-slate-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 May 1975
- Type
- Commercial building
- Address
- 39a and 39b, High East Street, Dorchester
- OS grid reference
- SY 694 907
- Coordinates
- 50.7157, -2.43477
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
39A and 39B on High East Street are mid to late 18th century buildings. They have a rendered exterior and a pitched pantile roof with a brick stack. The buildings are two storeys high and feature a parapet. On the first floor, there are two 19th century casement windows. The shopfronts, also from the 19th century, project forward and are topped with a parapet that has attractive cast iron railings. These buildings, along with Nos 35 to 43 and the arch between Nos 40 and 41, as well as the British Legion Headquarters, form a cohesive group.
Local climate
39a and 39b, High East Street 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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