Woolworths is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 February 1983. Commercial building. 4 related planning applications.
Woolworths
- WRENN ID
- wild-copper-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- Mid Dorset and North Poole MP: Vikki Slade (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 February 1983
- Type
- Commercial building
- Address
- Woolworths, 17, the Square, Wimborne Minster, BH21 1JA
- OS grid reference
- SU 009 000
- Coordinates
- 50.79999, -1.98856
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Woolworths is a late 18th to early 19th century building located at No. 17 The Square. It features brick walls with a roof that is concealed behind a parapet. The building stands three storeys tall. The ground floor has a modern shop front, while the first and second floors each have three double hung sash windows, two of which have glazing bars and one that is blocked, with painted glazing. There are stone band courses at the second floor level and at the base of the parapet. The elevation facing West Street has a gabled design and includes double hung sash windows on the ground and first floors, with one window now blocked.
Local climate
Woolworths receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% 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 1996
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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