Boundary Wall Enclosing Grounds to Museum is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1973. Boundary wall.
Boundary Wall Enclosing Grounds to Museum
- WRENN ID
- woven-chalk-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 October 1973
- Type
- Boundary wall
- Address
- Boundary Wall Enclosing Grounds to Museum, Gold Hill, Shaftesbury, SP7 8JW
- OS grid reference
- ST 862 229
- Coordinates
- 51.00553, -2.19689
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The boundary wall enclosing the grounds of the museum dates from the 19th century and is constructed of stone rubble with stone coping. The wall is built in two heights, with the sections on either side of the gates being taller.
Local climate
Boundary Wall Enclosing Grounds to Museum 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 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
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