21, North Square is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1975. House.

21, North Square

WRENN ID
stubborn-gallery-rush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 May 1975
Type
House
Address
21, North Square, Dorchester
OS grid reference
SY 692 908
Coordinates
50.71607, -2.43642
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

21 North Square is an early 19th-century building featuring a three-storey, three-window stucco front. The first floor is adorned with pilasters and round-headed panels. The sash windows have had their glazing bars removed. The entrance boasts a Doric doorway with a semi-circular fanlight above, and the door itself has six fielded panels with panelled reveals. This property, along with Nos 15 to 21, forms a cohesive group.

Local climate

21, North Square receives an average of 840 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 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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