9, The Knapp is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1973. House. 1 related planning application.
9, The Knapp
- WRENN ID
- swift-postern-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 October 1973
- Type
- House
- Address
- 9, The Knapp, Shaftesbury, SP7 8LH
- OS grid reference
- ST 858 231
- Coordinates
- 51.00712, -2.20343
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Number 9, The Knapp, is a house dating to approximately 1800. It is a two-storey block with three bays facing west and two bays facing onto The Knapp. The building has a plain tile roof with a hip in the southwest corner, and brick stacks, one located at the east gable end with capping. The front is constructed from painted stone rubble and ashlar. It features two-light easement windows with small panes, and three-light windows on the lower floor. A modern door and porch are situated on the west side. Number 9 forms a group with numbers 2 and 4, 3 and 5, Saro Cottage and an outbuilding between number 5 and Saro Cottage, as well as Sally Kings Lane.
Local climate
9, The Knapp receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 2 transactions since 2014
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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