Deer Paddock at Forge Croft is a Grade II listed building in the Barnsley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 May 1970. Deer paddock.
Deer Paddock at Forge Croft
- WRENN ID
- lost-steel-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Barnsley
- Constituency
- Penistone and Stocksbridge MP: Dr Marie Tidball (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 May 1970
- Type
- Deer paddock
- Address
- Deer Paddock at Forge Croft, Cote Lane, Hunshelf
- OS grid reference
- SK 293 999
- Coordinates
- 53.49587, -1.55957
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Deer Paddock at Forge Croft is a structure dating from before 1746, located in Hunshelf. It is built from gritstone rubble and stands approximately 2 metres high, featuring rubble-on-edge coping. The paddock is roughly elliptical in shape, measuring about 80 metres by 60 metres. The wall of the paddock adjoins some ruinous buildings to the south-west and extends to the south-east, where a gate post remains. There is also a small opening in the east wall. This paddock was used to pen deer in preparation for stag hunts, making it an unusual feature in the area.
Local climate
Deer Paddock at Forge Croft receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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