17, Bell Street is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 March 1983. House.
17, Bell Street
- WRENN ID
- graven-roof-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 March 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- 17, Bell Street, Swanage
- OS grid reference
- SZ 017 788
- Coordinates
- 50.6091, -1.97611
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
17 Bell Street is a traditional Purbeck cottage, likely dating from the 18th century. It features Purbeck stone walls and a stone roof, along with a stone stack. The building is two storeys high and has a modern ledged door with a pent roof supported by timber brackets. Both the ground and first floors have two double-hung sash windows with shutters. There is a lean-to addition on the south side, which has a slate roof. The property is enclosed by Purbeck stone boundary walls.
Local climate
17, Bell Street 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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