20-22, The Close is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
20-22, The Close
- WRENN ID
- muted-cupola-barley
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 20-22, The Close, Blandford Forum, DT11 7HA
- OS grid reference
- ST 886 063
- Coordinates
- 50.85687, -2.16293
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 20 and 22 on The Close are 19th-century cottages constructed from flint and brick, now faced with modern red brick. They are two storeys tall, each featuring one window bay and one door. The cottages have slate gabled roofs. The windows in Nos 20 and 22 are four panes wide, although the windows in No 22 have been altered with the top panels cut away and glazed. No 20 has a modern glazed door. These cottages, along with No 17 and Nos 19 to 22, are part of a group that includes Leslie House and The Tabernacle.
Local climate
20-22, The Close receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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 — 13 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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