6, Bleke Street is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1973. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.
6, Bleke Street
- WRENN ID
- south-solder-barley
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 October 1973
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 6, Bleke Street, Shaftesbury, SP7 8AW
- OS grid reference
- ST 862 232
- Coordinates
- 51.00818, -2.19718
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century, two-storey cottage located on the north-west side of Bleke Street. The building is detached and sits above the road, with its front facing at a right angle to the street. It is constructed of stone rubble with a thatched roof. The windows are wooden casements, with alterations noted to those on the ground floor. A modern porch, also with a thatched roof, has been added.
Local climate
6, Bleke Street receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 3 transactions since 2011
- 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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