Borough Arms Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1975. A C17 Public house. 4 related planning applications.
Borough Arms Public House
- WRENN ID
- peeling-ashlar-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 May 1975
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- Borough Arms Public House, 36, High East Street, Dorchester, DT1 1HN
- OS grid reference
- SY 693 907
- Coordinates
- 50.71567, -2.43508
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Borough Arms Public House is a building dating from the 17th century or earlier, located at No 36 High East Street. It features a three-window plastered front and stands two storeys tall with an attic. The first floor has two splayed bays, while the ground floor includes a shopfront that has replaced one of the bays. There are two dormers on the roof, and an 18th-century brick stack sits on a limestone plinth. The building is part of a group that includes Nos 35 to 43 (consecutive), No 39A and 39B, the arch between Nos 40 and 41, and the British Legion Headquarters.
Local climate
Borough Arms Public House 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 — 3 transactions since 2021
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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