2 and 3, High East Street is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1975. Commercial building.
2 and 3, High East Street
- WRENN ID
- rooted-turret-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 May 1975
- Type
- Commercial building
- Address
- 2 and 3, High East Street, Dorchester
- OS grid reference
- SY 695 907
- Coordinates
- 50.71564, -2.43309
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 2 and 3 High East Street are a pair of buildings dating from around 1845. They are constructed of brown brick with colour-washed voussoirs and feature a pitched slate roof. The buildings rise to three storeys and have two ranges of sash windows with glazing bars. There is a mid 19th century shopfront that includes panelled pilasters and elaborate consoles topped with lions' head masks. The entrance door has mid 19th century fielded panelling and an oblong fanlight. Nos 1 to 9, along with No 7A, form a group with the Kingdom Hall and The Old House at Home on Salisbury Street.
Local climate
2 and 3, High East Street 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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