54 and 56, Cheap Street is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1973. Commercial building. 1 related planning application.

54 and 56, Cheap Street

WRENN ID
winter-glass-bramble
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 October 1973
Type
Commercial building
Address
54 and 56, Cheap Street, Sherborne, DT9 3BJ
OS grid reference
ST 638 166
Coordinates
50.94799, -2.51603
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos 54 and 56 on Cheap Street are two small buildings dating from around 1850, located at the entrance to the Methodist Church. They feature two-storey, one-bay ashlar fronts with doorways positioned in the splayed inner corner bays. The buildings have slate gabled roofs, with No 56 displaying an upper window that has a slate gable and bargeboard above it. Each building has contemporary shop fronts, with one window facing Cheap Street and another on the return fronts, both featuring similarly shaped fanlights above the corner doorways. The return fronts are made of brick and have three windows each on the upper level, while the lower level includes a shop window, a square-headed doorway, and a segmental-headed window. The door to No 54 has cover strips, while No 56 features a six-flush panelled door. At the west end, there are windows set at an intermediate level and arranged on a curve. These buildings, along with the gate, lamp, and overthrow between them, the Methodist Church, and Nos 58 to 82, form a group.

Local climate

54 and 56, Cheap 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 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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  5. No 63 Including Left Hand Return Along Hound Street Grade II 32 m
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  8. The Methodist Church Grade II 40 m
  9. Abbeylands Grade II* 40 m
  10. 2, Hound Street Grade II 43 m