Gymnasium is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. Gymnasium.
Gymnasium
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-casement-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Gymnasium
- Address
- Gymnasium, Portland
- OS grid reference
- SY 691 736
- Coordinates
- 50.56191, -2.43751
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building is a prison gymnasium constructed around 1865, likely designed by Captain W. Crossman, Royal Engineers, who was the general designer for The Citadel. It is built from Portland stone, primarily rusticated, and features an asbestos-cement slate roof. The gymnasium is a single-storey rectangular structure.
The east gable showcases three arched openings above the entrance, which contain paired sash windows, and has a low stack at the gable apex. The south front, partly obscured by a late 20th-century flat-roofed addition, has a layout of 2:2:3 windows with arched heads over paired casements and lunettes, all set on heavy stooled cills. There is a central eaves stack with a tall shaft and block modillion capping. The west gable is constructed in heavy rock-faced masonry and features a central buttress, along with a plinth and raised coped verges. The interior has not been inspected. This building is characterized by its vigorous detailing, typical of the Royal Engineers' work at The Verne.
Local climate
Gymnasium 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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