Forge Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1984. Cottage.
Forge Cottage
- WRENN ID
- burning-latch-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 December 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Forge Cottage, 41, High Street, Langton Matravers
- OS grid reference
- SY 998 788
- Coordinates
- 50.60947, -2.00288
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Forge Cottage is a terraced cottage, probably from the 18th century, with alterations made around 1955. It features rubble stone walls and a stone slate roof, along with stone end stacks. The building is one storey with an attic. The front has a flush panel door and two sash windows with glazing bars on the ground floor. In the attic, there is one hipped dormer with sash windows that also have glazing bars, as well as a small window located under the eaves. This cottage is recorded as RCHM Monument 19 in Dorset Volume II.
Local climate
Forge Cottage 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 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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