53 and 53a, Cheap Street is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1973. Commercial/residential. 2 related planning applications.
53 and 53a, Cheap Street
- WRENN ID
- crooked-alcove-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 October 1973
- Type
- Commercial/residential
- Address
- 53 and 53a, Cheap Street, Sherborne, DT9 3AX
- OS grid reference
- ST 638 166
- Coordinates
- 50.94831, -2.51597
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 53 and 53A on Cheap Street date back to 1625 and are part of a group of buildings that hold historical significance. This two-storey structure features two window bays, a slate roof, and a stuccoed front. It has a moulded eaves cornice and sash windows without glazing bars set in reveals. The building includes a modern plate glass shop front with a contemporary fascia, as well as a modern house or passage door located at the left end. It is listed as Grade II primarily for its group value with adjacent buildings.
Local climate
53 and 53a, Cheap Street receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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 — 3 transactions since 2014
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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