Premises of Sturminster Stores Ltd is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1960. Shop. 3 related planning applications.
Premises of Sturminster Stores Ltd
- WRENN ID
- distant-chancel-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 October 1960
- Type
- Shop
- Address
- Premises of Sturminster Stores Ltd, Market Place, Sturminster Newton, DT10 1AS
- OS grid reference
- ST 786 141
- Coordinates
- 50.92633, -2.3053
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The premises of Sturminster Stores Ltd is an 18th-century shop located on the west side of Market Place in Sturminster Newton. The building is constructed of ashlar stone with rusticated quoins and dressings, topped with a tiled roof featuring a gable end and an end brick stack. It consists of two parallel ranges and stands two storeys high with a five-window range. The shop front, likely added in the early 20th century, has a central door. The upper floor features five sash windows with glazing bars, which are set under flat arches and surrounded by rusticated detailing. A moulded eaves cornice completes the structure.
Local climate
Premises of Sturminster Stores Ltd receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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 — 1 transaction since 2018
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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