Premises of J and J Loader Wheatsheaf (The Old Assembly Rooms) is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1960. Assembly rooms, inn. 7 related planning applications.
Premises of J and J Loader Wheatsheaf (The Old Assembly Rooms)
- WRENN ID
- late-footing-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 October 1960
- Type
- Assembly rooms, inn
- Address
- Premises of J and J Loader Wheatsheaf (The Old Assembly Rooms), Market Place, Sturminster Newton, DT10 1AR
- OS grid reference
- ST 786 141
- Coordinates
- 50.92622, -2.30478
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building, located in the Market Place of Sturminster Newton, began as assembly rooms and an inn around 1800. It is now two shops. Constructed of coursed and squared rubble, it features a slate roof with brick stacks at each end. The building presents a symmetrical facade. The ground floor has two 20th-century shop fronts, with a central passage leading to the rear, sheltered by an elliptical arch. The upper floor has three three-light sash windows, each set within a moulded architrave with glazing bars and topped with a flat arch. The building’s former identity was as the Crown Inn. Historical documentation, including references from the "Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, Dorset Vol III" and "The Buildings of England: Dorset" by Newman and Pevsner, provides further context.
Local climate
Premises of J and J Loader Wheatsheaf (The Old Assembly Rooms) receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2006
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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