Dwarf Walls and Railings Before Nos 5 and 7 is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1973. Walls and railings.
Dwarf Walls and Railings Before Nos 5 and 7
- WRENN ID
- sharp-courtyard-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 October 1973
- Type
- Walls and railings
- Address
- Dwarf Walls and Railings Before Nos 5 and 7, Bimport, Shaftesbury
- OS grid reference
- ST 861 230
- Coordinates
- 51.00629, -2.19896
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dwarf walls and railings located in front of Nos 5 and 7 Bimport date from 1615. The walls are constructed of stone and feature coping. The railings consist of rails topped with spear-shaped finials, supported by square standards that have urn finials at regular intervals. These dwarf walls and railings, along with those in front of Nos 1 to 7, form a cohesive group.
Local climate
Dwarf Walls and Railings Before Nos 5 and 7 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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- No sale records on file
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