20, Bell Street is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 March 1983. A C19 Building. 4 related planning applications.

20, Bell Street

WRENN ID
stony-stone-reed
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 March 1983
Type
Building
Address
20, Bell Street, Swanage
OS grid reference
SZ 017 789
Coordinates
50.61004, -1.97673
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No 20 on Bell Street is likely from the 19th century. It features walls made of Purbeck Stone and a slate roof, with a brick chimney. The building has two storeys and includes a modern part-glazed door. There are two double-hung sash windows with glazing bars on both the ground and first floors.

Local climate

20, 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 5 transactions since 1995
  • 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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