Old Manor House and Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1973. Manor house. 5 related planning applications.

Old Manor House and Railings

WRENN ID
haunted-iron-river
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 October 1973
Type
Manor house
Address
Old Manor House and Railings, St James Street, Shaftesbury, SP7 8HQ
OS grid reference
ST 858 224
Coordinates
51.0014, -2.20288
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Old Manor House, dating from 1615, is located on the north side of St James Street. It features an early 19th-century design with later alterations to an older structure. The building is constructed of rough ashlar and has a two-storey, three-window front with a slate gabled roof. The gable end indicates that the roof level has been raised twice, and there is a small mullioned window on the right-hand gable end. The sash windows are irregularly spaced and have been altered. A notable feature is the early 19th-century porch, which has a peaked canopy and cresting. Surrounding the property are railings with uprights arranged in two heights, all topped with arrow-shaped finials, along with square standards. There is a small gate with ironwork that matches the pattern of the railings, positioned before the door.

Local climate

Old Manor House and Railings 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
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2003
  • Related listed building consents — 5 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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