The Bell Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 February 1983. A C19 Hotel. 4 related planning applications.
The Bell Hotel
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- Mid Dorset and North Poole MP: Vikki Slade (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 February 1983
- Type
- Hotel
- Address
- The Bell Hotel, High Street, Wimborne Minster, BH21 1HS
- OS grid reference
- SZ 010 999
- Coordinates
- 50.79883, -1.98684
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bell Hotel appears to date from the 19th century, though it may incorporate earlier fabric. It is a two-storey building with attics, featuring brick walls and a hipped tiled roof. The main elevation has a large pub window on the ground floor, accentuated by a classical cornice supported on console brackets. An original rounded corner entrance has been altered into a window. The first floor has two double-hung sash windows with glazing bars, alongside a similar window on the corner above the original door. A dormer window provides access to the attic, boasting a hipped roof and old metal casements with lead lights. The north elevation, facing the yard, includes a door within a raised rendered surround and a double-hung sash window. Single-storey brick outbuildings are located at the rear.
Local climate
The Bell Hotel receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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