Digby Estate is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1971. House. 1 related planning application.
Digby Estate
- WRENN ID
- eternal-doorway-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 August 1971
- Type
- House
- Address
- Digby Estate, 247, Westbury, Sherborne, DT9 3EJ
- OS grid reference
- ST 638 163
- Coordinates
- 50.94521, -2.51656
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Digby Estate is a building from the 19th century located on the east side of Westbury. It is two storeys tall and features two windows. The roof is slate and gabled, while the front is made of rough ashlar. The building has sash windows that are four panes wide, although the lower half of the left-hand ground floor window is missing its glazing bars. There is a four-panelled door with a rectangular fanlight above it.
Digby Estate Nos 251 to 255, Twyford, The Sherborne Do-it-Yourself Centre, Wessex Club, Digby Estate No 247, Sherborne Gallery, Westbury Studio, Dolphin House, Estcourt, and Brookfield are all part of a group.
Local climate
Digby Estate 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2022
- 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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