The Chimes is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 December 1983. Detached house. 11 related planning applications.
The Chimes
- WRENN ID
- tilted-gable-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 December 1983
- Type
- Detached house
- Address
- The Chimes, Shadrack Street, Beaminster, DT8 3BE
- OS grid reference
- ST 478 012
- Coordinates
- 50.80886, -2.7412
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Chimes is a detached house dating from the early 19th century. It features ashlar stone walls with rubble side walls and a slate roof that has stone gable copings and level kneelers. There are brick stacks at both the left and right gables. The house is two storeys high and has three sash windows with glazing bars. The front door, located at the centre, is wooden with five recessed panels and is a 20th-century addition. Access to the door is via two steps leading up from the pavement.
Local climate
The Chimes receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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 EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2006
- Related listed building consents — 11 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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