6, Church Hill is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1952. A C18 House.

6, Church Hill

WRENN ID
solitary-flint-ash
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 June 1952
Type
House
Address
6, Church Hill, Swanage
OS grid reference
SZ 027 787
Coordinates
50.60811, -1.96293
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

6 Church Hill is a building dated 1793, with a possible alteration date noted as 1940 on the date stone. It features Purbeck Stone walls that are tooled ashlar and a Purbeck Stone roof. The building has two storeys and a basement. The front entrance is located at ground floor level and is accessed by steps leading to an external landing. At the north end of the facade, there is a stone archway beneath the ground floor that provides access to the rear. The main entrance consists of a raised-panel door set within a classical surround, complete with a pediment and a reeded frieze supported by console brackets. The ground floor includes two double-hung sash windows, each with slightly canted stone lintels. The first floor also features double-hung sash windows with glazing bars, showcasing a fine 18th-century frontage.

Local climate

6, Church Hill 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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