3, Market Place 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.
3, Market Place
- WRENN ID
- shifting-baluster-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 October 1950
- Type
- House
- Address
- 3, Market Place, Blandford Forum
- OS grid reference
- ST 884 062
- Coordinates
- 50.85605, -2.16573
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a three-storey, three-window building located at 3 Market Place. It dates to the 18th century, exhibiting typical brickwork construction. The building features a modillion cornice with an egg-and-dart bed mould. The sash windows are distinguished by their triple keystones. A modern shop front has been installed. The building forms part of a group with other listed buildings in Market Place and East Street, and a smaller group with numbers 1 and 3 Salisbury Street.
Local climate
3, Market Place 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2016
- 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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