The Lawns is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1973. House. 5 related planning applications.

The Lawns

WRENN ID
guardian-lintel-woodpecker
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 October 1973
Type
House
Address
The Lawns, Westbury, Sherborne, DT9 3EL
OS grid reference
ST 637 162
Coordinates
50.94412, -2.51709
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

The Lawns is an early 19th-century building located on the east side of Westbury. It is a two-storey structure with a four-window front, featuring a cement-rendered exterior and a slate gabled roof. The three right-hand window bays are grouped closely together. To the left, there is a modern Georgian doorway, and further left, a contemporary doorway with a moulded architrave, fluted frieze, and dentil pediment, with a taller window above it. The Lawns is part of a group that includes Stonedyke House, Winton, The Firs, gate piers and railings to Winton and The Firs, as well as railings and a gate before The Lawns and the Digby Estate properties numbered 229, 232, and 233.

Local climate

The Lawns 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 5 transactions since 1996
  • Related listed building consents — 5 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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  3. Railings and Gate Before the Lawns Grade II 30 m
  4. Gate Piers and Railings to Winton and the Firs Grade II 39 m
  5. Stonedyke House Grade II 44 m
  6. Westbury Cottage Including Paving Stones in Front of the House. Grade II 81 m
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