Stone Arch in Garden of Purbeck House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 March 1983. Arch.

Stone Arch in Garden of Purbeck House

WRENN ID
twisted-flint-crimson
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 March 1983
Type
Arch
Address
Stone Arch in Garden of Purbeck House, High Street, Swanage, BH19 2LZ
OS grid reference
SZ 029 786
Coordinates
50.60789, -1.96027
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The stone arch in the garden of Purbeck House is a Grade II listed structure originally erected in Grosvenor Place, Hyde Park, London, in 1844. It was removed to Swanage by George Burt in 1883. The arch features a rusticated design with a head of Neptune as the keystone and is topped with a modillion cornice.

Local climate

Stone Arch in Garden of Purbeck House 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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