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

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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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