The Globe to South East of Durlston Head Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 March 1983. Monument.

The Globe to South East of Durlston Head Castle

WRENN ID
scarred-screen-falcon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 March 1983
Type
Monument
Address
The Globe to South East of Durlston Head Castle, Swanage
OS grid reference
SZ 034 772
Coordinates
50.5949, -1.95209
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Globe, erected in 1891, is located to the southeast of Durlston Head Castle. This stone globe measures about 10 feet in radius and is surrounded by a circle of cast iron railings. At its base, there is a tablet that records the distances between stars and planets. Behind the globe, a series of panels display opposite quotations from the Bible, Shakespeare, the Aeneid, and Tennyson, along with additional tables of distances. Surrounding the globe are 11 posts inscribed with "1815 St Martin" or "St Giles and Bloomsbury," which were acquired by George Burt during his building projects in London. The Globe reflects the Victorian perspective on the world and the universe and is included for its group value.

Local climate

The Globe to South East of Durlston Head Castle receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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