Part of Sherborne School on Exterior of North Transept of Abbey Church is a Grade I listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 November 1950. A C17 School building.

Part of Sherborne School on Exterior of North Transept of Abbey Church

WRENN ID
seventh-fireplace-curlew
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 November 1950
Type
School building
Address
Part of Sherborne School on Exterior of North Transept of Abbey Church, Abbey Road
OS grid reference
ST 637 164
Coordinates
50.94676, -2.51716
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Part of Sherborne School is located on the exterior of the north transept of the Abbey Church. This is a two-storey building with a section of the roof forming a passage known as a "slype" at the south end of the east cloister range. On the lower floor, there are two 13th-century vaulted chambers; the eastern chamber features a quadripartite vault, while the western chamber has two parallel barrel vaults. An external staircase leads to the upper floor. There is also a large 16th-century buttress against the west wall of the passage. The buildings of Sherborne School surround the greens immediately to the north of the Abbey Church of St Mary, creating a cohesive group with the church itself.

Local climate

Part of Sherborne School on Exterior of North Transept of Abbey Church receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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