Chemists and Grocers is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 June 1953. A C17 Shop. 8 related planning applications.
Chemists and Grocers
- WRENN ID
- worn-bastion-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 June 1953
- Type
- Shop
- Address
- Chemists and Grocers, 23, the Square, Beaminster, DT8 3AU
- OS grid reference
- ST 480 012
- Coordinates
- 50.80882, -2.73933
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building, originally a single house and now divided into two shops, is located at 23 The Square in Beaminster. It dates from the 17th century but underwent significant alterations in the 18th century. The structure features lias rubble walls and an ashlar stone eaves-cornice, topped with a slate roof that has stone gable-copings. There is one brick chimney stack on the left gable. The building is two storeys high with attics and has a total of three windows.
The chemist's shop has a canted bay window with three large panels divided by wooden sections, while the grocer's shop features rounded bay windows with glazing-bars. Both shops have separate friezes but share a continuous moulded wooden cornice above. The front door to the grocer's shop is wooden with six glass panels, and the chemist's shop has a two-leaf wooden door with flush and recessed panels. A wooden canopy with a pediment and dentil cornice is supported by bracketed supports. The Beaminster Pharmacy was established in 1790 by Richard Hine.
Local climate
Chemists and Grocers receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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