17 and 18, North Square is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1975. House. 1 related planning application.
17 and 18, North Square
- WRENN ID
- third-rubble-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 May 1975
- Type
- House
- Address
- 17 and 18, North Square, Dorchester, DT1 1HY
- OS grid reference
- SY 692 908
- Coordinates
- 50.71626, -2.43638
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These are two early 19th-century buildings on the east side of North Square. They are constructed of brown brick with red brick voussoirs, topped by a pitched slate roof and a brick stack. The buildings are three storeys high and feature four ranges of sash windows with glazing bars. There are two blind panels on the first and second floors. The front has a modern, flush-panelled door with a semi-circular fanlight above. Numbers 15 to 21 on North Square form a group.
Local climate
17 and 18, North Square 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 — 2 transactions since 2014
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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