22 and 24 Bell Street is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 June 1952. House.

22 and 24 Bell Street

WRENN ID
twisted-pedestal-birch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 June 1952
Type
House
Address
22 and 24 Bell Street, Shaftesbury
OS grid reference
ST 863 230
Coordinates
51.00701, -2.19612
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

22 and 24 Bell Street are two adjoining buildings from the 18th century, standing two storeys high with an attic. No 22 features two windows and a door, while No 24 has one window-bay and a door. The ground floor is made of rough ashlar stone, while the first floor is constructed of red brick with a decorative diaper pattern created using burnt headers. The buildings have a thatched roof, which includes one thatched dormer. There was formerly a tiled pentice supported by shaped brackets at the first floor level. The first floor has sash windows, and the ground floor has a mix of casement and sash windows, with glazing bars still present in two of the windows. Nos 14 to 26 (even) form a group.

Local climate

22 and 24 Bell Street receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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