The Shell is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1973. Residential.
The Shell
- WRENN ID
- muted-rotunda-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 October 1973
- Type
- Residential
- Address
- The Shell, Long Street, Sherborne
- OS grid reference
- ST 643 167
- Coordinates
- 50.94886, -2.50873
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Shell is a building dating from around the 17th century, located on the southeast side of Long Street. It is an L-shaped block with two storeys, which originally featured a drain or passageway running through the center to the road. The building has been recently restored and extensively altered to serve as a single dwelling. The walls are made of stone rubble and have been recently re-pointed. It has a new plain clay tile gabled roof supported by new roof timbers. The front of the building has two window bays. On the first floor, there are widely spaced two-light casement windows with small panes. The ground floor features two three-light casements and a six-panelled door within a frame. There are also new window openings and a staircase leading to the rear wing. The Shell is part of a group that includes Digby Estate Nos 271 to 274, Wyekham Cottage, Fernleigh, Mistletoe Cottage, Fairfields, The Malt House, Eastfields, Tyndall, Linden, The Cottage, and Corner House.
Local climate
The Shell 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 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2000
- No related consent applications matched
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