Digby Estate is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1973. A C18 Residential building.

Digby Estate

WRENN ID
hallowed-brass-swift
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 October 1973
Type
Residential building
Address
Digby Estate, 166 and 167, Lower Acreman Street, Sherborne
OS grid reference
ST 637 163
Coordinates
50.9452, -2.51733
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Digby Estate, located on Lower Acreman Street, consists of two properties, Nos 166 and 167, dating from the 18th to 19th century. The buildings feature a slate roof and a stone rubble front. Each property has one window bay and a door. The upper level has 2-light segmental headed windows, while the lower level has 2-light square-headed windows, with the left-hand window featuring a lintel. The doors are ledged and set in frames. Nos 166 and 167, along with Nos 2 and 3 and The Old Mitre, form a group with an outbuilding to the south occupied by P J Stainer.

Local climate

Digby Estate 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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