8, West Street is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 April 1976. House. 1 related planning application.
8, West Street
- WRENN ID
- standing-groin-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- Mid Dorset and North Poole MP: Vikki Slade (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 April 1976
- Type
- House
- Address
- 8, West Street, Wareham Town, BH20 4JU
- OS grid reference
- SY 922 873
- Coordinates
- 50.68587, -2.11081
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 8 West Street is a mid-19th century building constructed of stucco with a hipped slate roof and a red brick chimney stack. The building has two storeys and an attic, featuring a moulded eaves cornice and a parapet. It is distinguished by long and short quoins and three ranges of sash windows that include glazing bars and moulded cornices supported by brackets. The entrance consists of a six-panel door, with two flush panels and four glazed panels, topped by an oblong fanlight set in panelled reveals. The doorcase is adorned with fluted Tuscan columns that support a full entablature and cornice. No. 8 is part of a group that includes The Red Lion Hotel and Nos. 2 to 12 (even).
Local climate
8, West Street receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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 — 1 transaction since 1997
- 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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