65 and 65a, High West Street is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1950. House. 5 related planning applications.
65 and 65a, High West Street
- WRENN ID
- quiet-brick-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 May 1950
- Type
- House
- Address
- 65 and 65a, High West Street, Dorchester, DT1 1XA
- OS grid reference
- SY 692 907
- Coordinates
- 50.71551, -2.43745
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
65 and 65A High West Street is a building that was once the George Inn, dating from around 1600. Inside, there is a stone fireplace from that period on the first floor, along with part of another fireplace and a stop-chamfered oak doorframe with some panelling above. Originally built of stone, the building was extended at the back and faced with brick in the 18th century. The current front features two storeys with four windows, constructed of red brick and adorned with rubbed brick voussoirs on the first floor. It has a wood cornice and a parapet. Except for the ground floor shops, this building is part of the Dorset County Museum. Nos 48 to 65A, including the Shire Hall, Holy Trinity Church, the Museum, St. Peter's Church, and the monument to William Barnes in the churchyard immediately south of the West Tower, form a group.
Local climate
65 and 65a, High West Street receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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- Related listed building consents — 5 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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