39 and 40, High West Street is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1950. House. 5 related planning applications.
39 and 40, High West Street
- WRENN ID
- fading-oriel-spindle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 May 1950
- Type
- House
- Address
- 39 and 40, High West Street, Dorchester, DT1 1UR
- OS grid reference
- SY 689 906
- Coordinates
- 50.71478, -2.4413
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
39 and 40 High West Street is a corner building dating from the early 19th century, featuring a mix of two and three storeys. The ground floors are constructed of rusticated stone, while the upper levels are made of yellow brick. The building has moulded stone cornices and blocking courses, topped with slate roofs and dormers.
The left side of the front has a two-storey section with two windows and two round-headed doorways that include fanlights on the ground floor. The first floor features tall sash windows. The right side is a three-storey section with three windows and no doorway; it has three tall sash windows on the first floor that are complemented by a decorative iron balcony with bowed ends. Additionally, the back of No 40 boasts a notable iron trellis balcony with a canopy on the first floor.
Local climate
39 and 40, High West 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 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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 2008
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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