Stour House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 October 1950. House. 2 related planning applications.
Stour House
- WRENN ID
- endless-keep-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 October 1950
- Type
- House
- Address
- Stour House, 41, East Street, Blandford Forum, DT11 7DU
- OS grid reference
- ST 886 063
- Coordinates
- 50.85622, -2.16222
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Stour House is a building dating from around 1731 to 1750, with an early 19th-century wing at the back. It features a red brick front, is two stories high with an attic, and has four windows. There are two casements in the hipped dormers, and the windows are set in frames with intact glazing bars. The doorway is adorned with a moulded and eared architrave, topped with a hood supported by well-crafted enriched and voluted brackets. The eaves cornice is also enriched and includes modillions. Inside, there is an 18th-century staircase, an 18th-century fireplace, and some panelling. Stour House is part of a group that includes Nos 21 to 43 (odd), No 43A, and the outbuildings.
Local climate
Stour House 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 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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