Two Ionic Columns in the Forecourt of the Grosvenor Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 March 1983. Columns.

Two Ionic Columns in the Forecourt of the Grosvenor Hotel

WRENN ID
ghost-latch-kestrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 March 1983
Type
Columns
Address
Two Ionic Columns in the Forecourt of the Grosvenor Hotel, High Street, Swanage
OS grid reference
SZ 034 786
Coordinates
50.60712, -1.95193
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Two Ionic columns are located in the forecourt of the Grosvenor Hotel on High Street. These columns are probably from the early 19th century and were brought from London. They are made of Portland Stone and appear to have been reduced in height by the removal of one section. The hotel itself has an early 19th-century core but has undergone significant alterations and is not listed.

Local climate

Two Ionic Columns in the Forecourt of the Grosvenor Hotel 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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