The stone gateway forming the north elevation of the gatehouse of the former Her Majesty's Prison Dorchester is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1975. Gatehouse.
The stone gateway forming the north elevation of the gatehouse of the former Her Majesty's Prison Dorchester
- WRENN ID
- stark-landing-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 May 1975
- Type
- Gatehouse
- OS grid reference
- SY 692 909
- Coordinates
- 50.71723, -2.43748
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The stone gateway on the north side of the gatehouse of the former Her Majesty's Prison Dorchester is made of rusticated ashlar limestone. The elevation features a central projecting bay with a large pair of double doors set beneath a semi-circular arch made of large stone voussoirs. The façade is built from rusticated coursed stone blocks, with a central string course and another string course above the arch. The entire elevation is finished with a plain stone parapet at the top.
Local climate
The stone gateway forming the north elevation of the gatehouse of the former Her Majesty's Prison Dorchester 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 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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