Forge Cottage the Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1959. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Forge Cottage the Cottage
- WRENN ID
- ancient-niche-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 November 1959
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Forge Cottage the Cottage, 30, Main Road, West Lulworth
- OS grid reference
- SY 823 806
- Coordinates
- 50.62513, -2.25025
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Forge Cottage and The Cottage are a pair of cottages, likely built in the 18th century. They feature stone walls with brick dressings around the doors and windows, thatched roofs, and brick stacks topped with ornamental caps. The cottages are one storey with attics.
No. 30, The Cottage, has a recent extension at the rear with a new entrance, while the original entrance in the front wall has been replaced by a window. The ground floor includes two horizontally sliding sash windows with glazing bars, and the attic has two half-dormers with similar sash windows. There is a single-storey thatched extension on the east side. The main room on the ground floor has a large open fireplace with a bread oven.
No. 31, Forge Cottage, has a single-storey thatched outbuilding on the west side, which is now used as a garage. It features a ledged entrance door. The ground floor has three horizontally sliding sash windows with glazing bars, and the attic includes three half-dormers with similar windows.
Local climate
Forge Cottage the Cottage receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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 — 1 application
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