2 and 4, West Street is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 May 1952. House. 6 related planning applications.
2 and 4, West Street
- WRENN ID
- winding-lantern-nettle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- Mid Dorset and North Poole MP: Vikki Slade (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 May 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- 2 and 4, West Street, Wareham Town, BH20 4JU
- OS grid reference
- SY 922 873
- Coordinates
- 50.6859, -2.11049
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century building of stucco construction, originally comprising numbers 2 and 4 West Street. It has a hipped tile roof, with stone slates above the eaves, and red brick stacks. The building is two storeys high with an attic, and features a brick modillion eaves cornice.
The south elevation presents two ranges of cased sash windows. There are three blocked windows on the first floor. One bay window features sashes and glazing bars, topped with an entablature and an idiosyncratic cornice. The left-hand door has six moulded panels and a semi-circular fanlight. The right-hand door is modern but set within original moulded panelled reveals and includes a semi-circular fanlight. The doorcase has reeded pilasters and a Doric entablature topped with an open dentilled pediment. Two attic dormers are visible, both with hipped tile roofs and tile-hung cheeks; one has a casement with leaded glazing bars, the other a sash window.
The east elevation contains a 19th-century shopfront with pilasters to the fascia, flanked by elaborately moulded consoles. Above the shopfront, there are three cased sash windows with glazing bars on the first floor, and one attic dormer with a hipped tile roof and tile-hung cheeks.
The building is part of a group that includes the Red Lion Hotel and numbers 2 to 12 (even) West Street.
Local climate
2 and 4, West Street receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2012
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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