Columns Round Tennis Court at Purbeck House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 March 1983. Tennis court.

Columns Round Tennis Court at Purbeck House

WRENN ID
blind-gable-dock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 March 1983
Type
Tennis court
Address
Columns Round Tennis Court at Purbeck House, High Street, Swanage
OS grid reference
SZ 029 786
Coordinates
50.60776, -1.95906
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The columns around the tennis court at Purbeck House date from around 1850 and were re-erected in 1875. They are made of cast iron in the Tuscan style and were originally part of the former Billingsgate Market. Some of the columns are topped with stone balls that resemble those found on the King Alfred Monument, while others feature tennis racquet frames.

Local climate

Columns Round Tennis Court at Purbeck House receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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