Fire Engine House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 2002. Fire engine house. 2 related planning applications.
Fire Engine House
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 August 2002
- Type
- Fire engine house
- Address
- Fire Engine House, Chapel Lane, Maiden Newton, DT2 0AD
- OS grid reference
- SY 597 978
- Coordinates
- 50.7784, -2.57246
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building is a fire engine house, constructed between 1842 and 1843 by W. Childs, a builder. The exterior is primarily Flemish stretcher bond red brick, with a southeast side incorporating flint and rubble. It features a Welsh slate roof with gabled ends. The building has a small, rectangular single-cell plan and a plank double door at the northeast end, with the gable above clad in vertical boards. Inside, there is a Purbeck stone flag threshold and two timber rails set into a floor of flint and chalk. The fire engine house was purpose-built to house a hand pump dating from the early 19th century, which is now located in Maiden Newton Fire Station. It represents a rare example of a purpose-built village fire engine house, complete with its original fire engine. The doors were repaired or replaced in 1910.
Local climate
Fire Engine House receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2025
- 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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