The Drax Arms, Including the Attached Stable at Rear is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 March 1984. Public house. 4 related planning applications.
The Drax Arms, Including the Attached Stable at Rear
- WRENN ID
- vacant-crypt-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- Mid Dorset and North Poole MP: Vikki Slade (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 March 1984
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Drax Arms, Including the Attached Stable at Rear, West Street, Bere Regis, BH20 7HH
- OS grid reference
- SY 847 948
- Coordinates
- 50.75344, -2.21821
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Drax Arms is a public house with origins dating back to the 18th century, which underwent alterations in the mid-19th century. It features roughcast walls with smooth plastered quoins and a tiled roof that is half-hipped at the west end. There are roughcast stacks, one at the east gable and another rising from the front eaves. The building has two storeys and an attic.
On the ground floor, there is a part-glazed door beneath a gabled hood supported by brackets, and another similar door under a flat hood that extends over an adjoining canted bay window. This bay window, along with another similar bay, has double-hung sashes. Additionally, there is a three-light double-hung sash window. The first floor contains three double-hung sash windows, while the attic features a hipped dormer with casement windows.
At the west end, there is a projecting rear wing made of brick, partially plastered, with a tiled roof. At the east end, a 19th-century single-storey projecting rear wing made of brick and tile connects the main block to a former stable from the same period. This stable is constructed of brick with a slate roof and has one storey and an attic, featuring a plain ledged door with a loft door above it, under a gabled dormer. The building is included for its group value.
Local climate
The Drax Arms, Including the Attached Stable at Rear receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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