Colsons is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 December 1983. House, shop.
Colsons
- WRENN ID
- lesser-wattle-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 December 1983
- Type
- House, shop
- Address
- Colsons, 5, 6 and 7, the Square, Beaminster
- OS grid reference
- ST 480 013
- Coordinates
- 50.80926, -2.73897
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Colsons is a mid-19th century house and ironmongers' shop located on the north side of The Square in Beaminster. The building features lias rubble walls and a slate roof that extends along Fleet Street. It stands two storeys tall and has three sash windows with glazing bars and flush wooden cases facing The Square. The shop front is distinguished by ironwork columns and capitals, complemented by traceried iron spandrels and large glass panes set on a rendered plinth. The central front door is made of wood with one glass panel, while the door to the right, leading to number 7, has six flush panels with a glass light above. The jambs and lintel of this door are rendered and date from the 19th century.
Local climate
Colsons receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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