Kings Post is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 April 1986. Cottage range.

Kings Post

WRENN ID
distant-rafter-solstice
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 April 1986
Type
Cottage range
Address
Kings Post, Cranborne
OS grid reference
SU 059 150
Coordinates
50.93455, -1.91715
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Kings Post is a range of four cottages that have now been combined into a pair. They date from the 18th century but may have an earlier core. The exterior is rendered and whitewashed, featuring brick stacks at the ends of the cottages. There is some exposed timber-framing on the right end wall. The building is two storeys high and has a five-window range, with 2-light casements that include glazing bars. Each cottage has a plank door.

Local climate

Kings Post 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 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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