British Legion Hall Including Wall in Front is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. Hall.

British Legion Hall Including Wall in Front

WRENN ID
ragged-pediment-crimson
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Type
Hall
Address
British Legion Hall Including Wall in Front, Victoria Grove, Bridport
OS grid reference
SY 465 931
Coordinates
50.7356, -2.75893
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The British Legion Hall, which includes a wall in front, was opened on 16 March 1876 as the Foresters' Hall. It is constructed of red brick with ashlar dressings and is a single storey building. The west end features a gable that is coped on kneelers and topped with an ornamental finial, along with two tiers of crow-steps on each side. The façade has two sash windows set in pointed arches with chamfered reveals. The entrance is located in a porch that has chamfered reveals and is topped by a stone gabled hood supported by cut stone brackets. There is an ornamental stone fascia and an oculus with eight inscribed circles, which is adorned with a pointed arched hoodmould above. The gable end displays three trefoils. In front of the hall, there is a red brick wall with ashlar piers and coping.

Local climate

British Legion Hall Including Wall in Front receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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