Look Out on the Knoll is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 December 1984. Look-out, signal station.

Look Out on the Knoll

WRENN ID
stark-rood-linden
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 December 1984
Type
Look-out, signal station
Address
Look Out on the Knoll, Clay Lane, Puncknowle
OS grid reference
SY 535 877
Coordinates
50.68775, -2.6596
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Look-Out on The Knoll is a signal station built around 1800. It features rubble-stone walls resting on a stone plinth and has a stone-slab roof with a brick stack at the north gable. The building is a single storey, originally designed with a loft space above. There are entrances on each side, which have segmental heads, except for the north side where the stack is located. A small square opening on the south side indicates the former loft. The upper level of the building is rendered. Inside, there is a fireplace on the north gable wall, with the wall thickened to accommodate it.

Local climate

Look Out on the Knoll receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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