The New Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 1984. Public house. 1 related planning application.
The New Inn
- WRENN ID
- narrow-chapel-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 August 1984
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The New Inn, Church Knowle, BH20 5NQ
- OS grid reference
- SY 938 817
- Coordinates
- 50.6354, -2.08897
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The New Inn is a public house located in Church Knowle Village, with origins likely dating back to the 17th century. The building consists of two sections. The main section features rubble stone walls and a stone slate roof, along with brick end stacks. It is two storeys tall with an attic. A stone gabled porch with a segmental arch is present, and to the west of this porch is a blocked arched opening. The ground floor has two full-height windows with glazing bars, while the first floor contains three horizontally sliding sash windows, also with glazing bars. In the attic, there is one hipped dormer with casements that include glazing bars.
The eastern section of the building is a single storey with an attic, constructed with rubble stone walls and a thatched roof. It has a brick stack near the center and features a gabled porch with a segmental arch. The ground floor includes two casement windows with glazing bars, and the attic has one dormer with a similar casement.
Local climate
The New Inn 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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- 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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