Walling and Doorway Immediately Opposite Chipman's Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 1961. Walling and doorway. 2 related planning applications.

Walling and Doorway Immediately Opposite Chipman's Lodge

WRENN ID
still-foundation-dock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 July 1961
Type
Walling and doorway
Address
Walling and Doorway Immediately Opposite Chipman's Lodge, the Drive, Over Compton
OS grid reference
ST 592 169
Coordinates
50.95025, -2.58095
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The walling and doorway, located immediately opposite Chipman's Lodge, date from the late 19th century and incorporate materials from the 14th century. The structure features a dressed stone wall topped with an ashlar crenellated stone parapet, extending for 10 metres. On either side of the central doorway are ashlar stone niches with semi-circular heads, each adorned with a stone griffin. The doorway itself has moulded stone jambs and a heavily-cusped two-centred head, with trefoils in the spandrels and a heavy returned label above.

Local climate

Walling and Doorway Immediately Opposite Chipman's Lodge receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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