Abbey Stone is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1973. House. 4 related planning applications.
Abbey Stone
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-stair-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 October 1973
- Type
- House
- Address
- Abbey Stone, 96, St James Street, Shaftesbury, SP7 8HF
- OS grid reference
- ST 859 225
- Coordinates
- 51.00243, -2.20111
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Abbey Stone, dated 1615, is a building of C17 or earlier origin, which has undergone significant alterations. It consists of a stone ashlar range with a brick wing at the rear. Originally, it may have been a larger house or farm. The building is two storeys high and has four windows. Part of the road frontage is constructed of rubble. A relieving arch and mullions are present in one ground floor opening. Stone ashlar chimneys are a feature. The roof has been altered, and further alterations have been made to the fabric. The property forms a group with Nos. 68 to 86 (even), and Nos. 90 to 96 (even) gate piers and an outhouse adjoining No. 96.
Local climate
Abbey Stone 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 — 1 transaction since 2013
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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