Youth Hostel is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. Youth hostel. 1 related planning application.

Youth Hostel

WRENN ID
forgotten-corbel-bramble
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Type
Youth hostel
Address
Youth Hostel, Priory Lane, Bridport, DT6 3FL
OS grid reference
SY 464 927
Coordinates
50.73153, -2.7607
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

The Youth Hostel is an early 19th-century building that was formerly part of Messrs Northover and Gilberts Mill. It is constructed from hammer-dressed stone and features a pitched slate roof. The building has three storeys and displays six ranges of contemporary windows with glazing bars on the west side, and seven on the east side. It is part of a group of listed buildings in Priory Lane, which includes No 72 (Priory Cottage) on St Michael's Lane.

Local climate

Youth Hostel receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • 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
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

See all similar buildings →

this building   1 similar   nearby listed buildings

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Messrs Northover and Gilbert's Mill Grade II 23 m
  2. Priory Cottage Grade II 28 m
  3. Outhouse Just West of Messrs Northover and Gilbert's Mill Grade II 35 m
  4. Bridport Chapel Grade II 38 m
  5. Warehouse in Occupation of C E Bazeley Limited Grade II 98 m
  6. St Marys Primary School Grade II 110 m
  7. Stable and Warehouse at West End Grade II 112 m
  8. Priory Works Including Gates Grade II 118 m
  9. Warehouse Belonging to Home Appliance Services, Hamilton Place Grade II 130 m
  10. 46 and 48, St Michael's Lane Grade II 135 m