Town Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 June 1952. Town hall. 12 related planning applications.
Town Hall
- WRENN ID
- open-render-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 June 1952
- Type
- Town hall
- Address
- Town Hall, High Street, Shaftesbury, SP7 8LY
- OS grid reference
- ST 862 229
- Coordinates
- 51.0056, -2.19708
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Town Hall, built in 1837 by Richard, Marquess of Westminster, is a Grade II listed building. The tower was added in 1879 and rebuilt in 1925, while the ground floor was reconstructed in 1926. This stone ashlar building features a five-window front, with the High Street side being two stories and the Gold Hill side, where the ground slopes, being three stories. It has castellated parapets, and a small central tower with an open pediment and clock. Most windows are five-light casements with Gothic heads and diagonal glazing bars. The lower floors have openings with five-centred heads, and the lower ground floor facing Gold Hill features wrought-iron gates. On the High Street side, there is a central castellated porch and contemporary railings. The Town Hall is part of a group that includes the Church of St Peter, The Mitre Inn, and Nos 25 to 31 (odd).
Local climate
Town Hall 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 12 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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