The Forge is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1975. Forge. 3 related planning applications.
The Forge
- WRENN ID
- lone-plinth-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 May 1975
- Type
- Forge
- Address
- The Forge, Colliton Street, Dorchester, DT1 1XH
- OS grid reference
- SY 692 908
- Coordinates
- 50.71621, -2.4371
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Forge is an early 19th-century building located on the north side of Colliton Street. It is constructed from Portland or Ridgeway rubble with brick dressings and features a pitched slate roof. The building has two storeys, with two casement windows on the first floor and three on the ground floor, including one tripartite window and one with glazing bars. There is a louvred opening on the first floor and planked double doors at the entrance. The Forge, along with Nos 34 to 36 and Nos 42 to 44, forms a group of buildings of architectural significance.
Local climate
The Forge receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% 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 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- 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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