2, Bell Street is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1952. Shop.

2, Bell Street

WRENN ID
hushed-string-clover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 June 1952
Type
Shop
Address
2, Bell Street, Swanage, BH19 2SA
OS grid reference
SZ 017 789
Coordinates
50.61044, -1.97681
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No 2 Bell Street is located on the corner of Bell Street and High Street. It is probably from the 18th century and is currently used as a shop. The building features Purbeck Stone walls and a roof, and it has two storeys with attics. The Bell Street side includes a door, along with a modern shop window and door on the ground floor. There is a window to the south of the door that has been reduced in width and was formerly a double-hung sash. On the first floor, there are two double-hung sashes with glazing bars. The attic has two dormers with hipped roofs and double-hung sashes. The elevation facing High Street has a gable end and also features a modern shop window on the ground floor.

Local climate

2, Bell Street receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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