Worton (Premises of A Hammond and Sons Ltd) is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1960. House, shop, offices. 2 related planning applications.
Worton (Premises of A Hammond and Sons Ltd)
- WRENN ID
- stranded-moulding-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 October 1960
- Type
- House, shop, offices
- Address
- Worton (Premises of A Hammond and Sons Ltd), Church Street, Sturminster Newton, DT10 1DB
- OS grid reference
- ST 786 140
- Coordinates
- 50.92545, -2.30445
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Worton, the premises of A Hammond and Sons Ltd, is a house that has been converted into a shop and offices. The rear wing likely dates from the 17th century, while the front range was built around 1800. The building is rendered with ashlar quoins and features a slate gable roof. It has a nearly symmetrical facade with three storeys and three bays. To the left, there is a 19th-century shop front, and to the right, a three-light sash window set under a segmental arch. The central entrance has a door topped by a round fanlight. All windows are sashes, with those on the first floor positioned under segmental arches, and all feature glazing bars. Inside, there is a staircase from around 1800, and a room on the first floor at the rear has a cambered, deep chamfered beam. The ground floor includes a plain deep chamfered beam.
Local climate
Worton (Premises of A Hammond and Sons Ltd) receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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 — 1 transaction since 2021
- 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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