The Post Office and Ravenstone Forge is a Grade II listed building in the Milton Keynes local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 February 1984. House, forge. 2 related planning applications.
The Post Office and Ravenstone Forge
- WRENN ID
- long-arch-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Milton Keynes
- Constituency
- Milton Keynes North MP: Chris Curtis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 February 1984
- Type
- House, forge
- Address
- The Post Office and Ravenstone Forge, 17, Common Street, MK46 5AR
- OS grid reference
- SP 849 505
- Coordinates
- 52.14636, -0.76036
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Post Office and Ravenstone Forge is a house with an attached forge building, dating from the 18th century. It is constructed of coursed rubblestone with a thatched roof, while the forge has a brick front. The building features three bays and two storeys. There is a four-panel door located between the right-hand bays, and a modern shop window on the left. The other windows are three-light casements. Brick stacks are present at both ends and between the left-hand bays. To the left, the single-storey forge has a brick front and includes a two-light window, with each light consisting of six panes arranged two high. A gable stack is also present.
Local climate
The Post Office and Ravenstone Forge sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- 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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