79-89, St James Street is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 June 1952. Row of houses. 10 related planning applications.

79-89, St James Street

WRENN ID
crumbling-lantern-swift
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 June 1952
Type
Row of houses
Address
79-89, St James Street, Shaftesbury, SP7 8HQ
OS grid reference
ST 859 225
Coordinates
51.00207, -2.20209
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a long row of houses built in 1615, located on the north side of St James Street. Numbers 79 to 89 (odd) are listed at Grade II for their group value. The fronts of the houses are constructed of stone rubble, with slate roofs, although the roof of number 81 is covered with corrugated iron. The windows are mostly wood casements with small panes of glass. Number 79 has two bays, number 81 has three, number 85 has two, and numbers 87 and 89 each have one bay. Numbers 69 to 95 (odd) form a group.

Local climate

79-89, St James 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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  • Sale history — 15 transactions since 2001
  • Related listed building consents — 10 applications
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  • 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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