Old Curiosity Shop is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1960. Cottage.

Old Curiosity Shop

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 October 1960
Type
Cottage
Address
Old Curiosity Shop, High Street, Stalbridge
OS grid reference
ST 735 178
Coordinates
50.95957, -2.37855
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Curiosity Shop is a 17th-century cottage located on the west side of High Street in Stalbridge. It features white-washed coursed rubble and a stone-slate roof, comprising three bays. The ground floor includes a six-light rectangular bay shop front, which is likely from the early 19th century, and has a cove above that extends to form a hood over the door. The upper floor is characterized by a central two-light mullioned window with ovolo moulded mullions, flanked by two three-light plain mullioned windows. The windows have leaded lights and wooden lintels. The front door is wide and made of studded planks, and there is a stone stack at one end.

Local climate

Old Curiosity Shop receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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