3 and 5, St James Street is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1973. Cottage pair. 7 related planning applications.
3 and 5, St James Street
- WRENN ID
- mired-lancet-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 October 1973
- Type
- Cottage pair
- Address
- 3 and 5, St James Street, Shaftesbury, SP7 8HE
- OS grid reference
- ST 861 226
- Coordinates
- 51.0035, -2.1991
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These are a pair of 17th-century cottages, likely dating from around 1615, situated on the north side of St James Street. The cottages have painted red brick facades with stone ashlar gable ends. They have thatched roofs with dormers at the rear, and one dormer visible from the front of No. 5. Each cottage front has two windows, with a blind window above the doorway. A stone plinth runs along the base. The windows are casement type, and the ground floor openings have segmental heads. Small hoods supported by shaped brackets shelter the doorways.
Local climate
3 and 5, St James Street receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 8 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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