54, High West Street is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 May 1950. Commercial building. 4 related planning applications.

54, High West Street

WRENN ID
shadowed-ashlar-fern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 May 1950
Type
Commercial building
Address
54, High West Street, Dorchester, DT1 1UT
OS grid reference
SY 690 907
Coordinates
50.71529, -2.43962
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · EPC · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

This building is part of a row of 18th-century properties on the north side of High West Street. It has a three-window front that follows the style of the adjacent buildings. Fluted string courses are carried across the front. A shopfront has been inserted at some point. A doorway to the right has engaged, fluted Greek Doric columns supporting an entablature, above a round-headed opening with a fanlight. The building is part of a group value context with numbers 48 to 65A, which includes the Shire Hall, Holy Trinity Church, the Museum, St. Peter's Church, and a monument to William Barnes in the churchyard immediately south of the west tower.

Local climate

54, High West Street 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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  • Sale history — 7 transactions since 1999
  • Related listed building consents — 4 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • 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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