The Former Dorset County Council Junior School is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 May 1952. School. 1 related planning application.
The Former Dorset County Council Junior School
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-clay-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- Mid Dorset and North Poole MP: Vikki Slade (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 May 1952
- Type
- School
- Address
- The Former Dorset County Council Junior School, West Street, Wareham Town
- OS grid reference
- SY 921 873
- Coordinates
- 50.68562, -2.11183
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Former Dorset County Council Junior School, previously listed as Junior Schools, is located on the north side of West Street. Built around 1849, it was originally a Congregational Chapel that opened on New Year's Day in 1790 for a congregation that had split from the main community the year before. After the congregation reconciled in 1849, the building was converted into a British School. The structure features a stucco front and a pitched slate roof, standing two storeys tall. It has four giant pilasters without capitals, which have sunk panels that support a pediment. There are three ranges of segment-headed windows with glazing bars, and the entrance includes a door with a segment-headed fanlight, along with a segment-headed relieving arch on plain imposts. The Junior School, along with Nos 18 to 22 even, forms a cohesive group.
Local climate
The Former Dorset County Council Junior School receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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
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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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