Provost House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1960. House. 1 related planning application.
Provost House
- WRENN ID
- riven-mantel-merlin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 August 1960
- Type
- House
- Address
- Provost House, Stour Provost, SP8 5RZ
- OS grid reference
- ST 793 215
- Coordinates
- 50.99253, -2.2959
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Provost House is an early 18th-century house located in Stour Provost. It is constructed of coursed rubble and features a tiled, gable-ended roof with brick stacks at both ends. The building has two storeys and a three-window range, with sash windows that include glazing bars and wooden lintels. The central door is topped with a flat hood, and there is a projecting stone chimney breast on the left side. This house was formerly known as the Royal Oak Inn. Inside, notable features include open fireplaces and deep chamfered ceiling beams.
Local climate
Provost House receives an average of 830 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 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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 EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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