The Old Forge (Three Horseshoes) is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 January 1985. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
The Old Forge (Three Horseshoes)
- WRENN ID
- lesser-gable-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 January 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Old Forge (Three Horseshoes), Green Lane, Ashmore, SP5 5AQ
- OS grid reference
- ST 913 176
- Coordinates
- 50.95855, -2.124
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Forge, also known as Three Horseshoes, is a cottage that likely dates back to the 17th century. It is constructed from greensand and flint and features a thatched roof with a gable on the right side and a half-hipped roof on the left. There is a brick chimney stack located on the right side and another partway along the ridge on the left. The building has one and a half storeys and is approximately three windows wide, with 2-light casements that include horizontal glazing bars. Inside, there are two stop-chamfered beams.
Local climate
The Old Forge (Three Horseshoes) receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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