6, High West Street is a Grade II* listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1950. Lodging. 4 related planning applications.
6, High West Street
- WRENN ID
- moated-lintel-gold
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 May 1950
- Type
- Lodging
- Address
- 6, High West Street, Dorchester, DT1 1UJ
- OS grid reference
- SY 692 907
- Coordinates
- 50.71525, -2.43751
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 6 High West Street is a 17th-century building, originally the site of the Abbot of Abbotsbury's town house. It features timber-framing and plaster, with three storeys and a cellar, topped by a slate roof. The projecting ground floor has a dentilled cornice supported by stop-moulded posts, with windows and two circular-headed porches that have drop finials and ornamental spandrels. There are two ledged doors, one of which is original, set in moulded frames. The first floor has two square bays, one with eight lights and the other with six lights, both having transoms. The second floor, which overhangs, features two six-light oriels and a small gallery between the bays on the first floor. The interior retains many original features, although there has been significant restoration both externally and internally.
Local climate
6, High West Street 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 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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 — 1 transaction since 2003
- 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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