The Old Forge is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1983. House. 1 related planning application.
The Old Forge
- WRENN ID
- silver-hall-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Forge, Stourton Caundle, Sturminster Newton, DT10 2JR
- OS grid reference
- ST 715 147
- Coordinates
- 50.93113, -2.40626
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Forge is a late 18th-century house located in Stourton Caundle. It is constructed of coursed rubble with a gable-ended tiled roof and end brick stacks. The house has two storeys and a three-window front. There are three-light casement windows with two panes of glass, each set under a concrete lintel. A 20th-century door is positioned under a moulded flat hood supported by shaped brackets. A 19th- or 20th-century outshut is located on the left-hand side.
Local climate
The Old Forge receives an average of 830 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 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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 — 6 transactions since 1995
- 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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