42 and 44, Cheap Street is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1973. House. 6 related planning applications.
42 and 44, Cheap Street
- WRENN ID
- twisted-doorway-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 October 1973
- Type
- House
- Address
- 42 and 44, Cheap Street, Sherborne
- OS grid reference
- ST 638 166
- Coordinates
- 50.94859, -2.51635
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
42 and 44 Cheap Street are an 18th and early 19th century building, likely incorporating earlier timber-framed elements, possibly sharing a similar design with numbers 38 and 46. The building is two storeys high and has four window bays. Number 42 has a plain tile roof with a 19th-century dormer, while number 44 has a stone slate roof. A moulded stone corbel is visible at the right-hand end, indicating a previous oversailing timber-framed upper storey that has since been replaced with stone. The upper floor features three-light casement windows. The lower floor incorporates various windows, three shop fronts, and two doorways. Panelled doors are located within the building.
The building is part of a group that includes numbers 2 to 30 (even) and 34 to 50 (even).
Local climate
42 and 44, Cheap 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 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2016
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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