Beaminster Auto Bodies is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 December 1983. Former inn. 1 related planning application.
Beaminster Auto Bodies
- WRENN ID
- empty-groin-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 December 1983
- Type
- Former inn
- Address
- Beaminster Auto Bodies, 26, Prout Hill, DT8 3AY
- OS grid reference
- ST 481 011
- Coordinates
- 50.80787, -2.73778
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Beaminster Auto Bodies is an attached former inn dating from the early 19th century. It features a facade made of lias ashlar and a stone plinth, with rubble-stone side walls. The roof is covered with asbestos slate and has gable ends, with one brick stack on each gable. The building stands two storeys high and has three sash windows with glazing bars, each surrounded by ashlar and topped with gauged heads, along with stone cills. To the left, there is an elliptical carriage entrance with rusticated stone jambs and voussoirs. Additionally, there is a segmental arch made of dressed stones that spans a bridge over the river.
Local climate
Beaminster Auto Bodies 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 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% 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 — 6 transactions since 1995
- 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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