The Laurels is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 January 1985. House. 3 related planning applications.
The Laurels
- WRENN ID
- fading-rood-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 January 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Laurels, Newbury, Gillingham, SP8 4HZ
- OS grid reference
- ST 811 263
- Coordinates
- 51.03625, -2.27007
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Laurels is a house likely dating from the early 19th century. It is built of coursed squared rubble with a gable-ended tiled roof and a plat band. The house features end stone pilasters with moulded capitals, and is symmetrical in design. It has two storeys and a three-window front. The windows are 16-pane sashes, each with a pitched label above. A metal tent hood with wrought-iron trellis supports is present. The entrance has a panelled door. Internal features recorded by the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments include an original fireplace surround with festoon enrichment.
Local climate
The Laurels 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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