72, Dorchester Road is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 October 1984. House.

72, Dorchester Road

WRENN ID
worn-moat-burdock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 October 1984
Type
House
Address
72, Dorchester Road, Winfrith Newburgh
OS grid reference
SY 810 855
Coordinates
50.66976, -2.269
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 72 Dorchester Road is an early to mid-19th century house that forms part of a terrace in East Knighton. The building has been recently modernised and extended to the west. It features pebbledash walls and a thatched roof, with a brick chimney stack. The house is two storeys high and includes a modern part-glazed porch that also has a thatched roof and a panelled door. Both the ground and first floors have two casement windows with glazing bars. At the rear, there is a lean-to extension.

Local climate

72, Dorchester Road receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% 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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