The Old Forge Including Outbuildings on North and West is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1955. Cottage, outbuildings. 1 related planning application.
The Old Forge Including Outbuildings on North and West
- WRENN ID
- solitary-column-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 July 1955
- Type
- Cottage, outbuildings
- Address
- The Old Forge Including Outbuildings on North and West, 1, Milton Abbas, Blandford Forum, DT11 0BW
- OS grid reference
- ST 804 017
- Coordinates
- 50.81495, -2.27948
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A detached cottage, likely dating from around 1780, stands alongside a former forge and associated outbuildings. The cottage is constructed with plastered cob walls, topped by a hipped thatched roof, with brick end stacks. It is a two-storey building, featuring a ledged door with a glass panel. The ground floor has two cross-pattern windows with leaded lights, while the first floor has three casement windows, also with leaded lights. To the left of the cottage is the former forge, built with walls of flint, brick, and plastered cob under a hipped pantiled roof. It has a timber door and a shuttered window. This connects to a two-storeyed outbuilding situated behind the house, which has brick and flint walls and a pantiled roof. The outbuilding features ledged doors, casement windows with glazing bars, and a loft door. The outbuildings are likely slightly later in date than the main cottage.
Local climate
The Old Forge Including Outbuildings on North and West 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 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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 — 1 transaction since 2004
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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