Forde Grange, The Stables 20 Metres North of the Barn is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 April 1983. Stables.
Forde Grange, The Stables 20 Metres North of the Barn
- WRENN ID
- haunted-fireplace-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 April 1983
- Type
- Stables
- OS grid reference
- ST 366 046
- Coordinates
- 50.8379, -2.9016
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Forde Grange, the stables located 20 metres north of the barn, is a detached stable building dating from the 18th century. It features rubble walls with large stone quoins and a slate roof, and is two storeys high. The building has three windows and a doorway with a wooden lintel above it. There is a plank loft door directly above the main entrance. Inside, the stables have heavy section beams with shallow chamfers and run-out stops, along with remnants of a brick floor. There is also a single stable attached to the north, constructed of rubble with brick quoins and covered by a lean-to slate roof from the 19th century. This building is included for its group value.
Local climate
Forde Grange, The Stables 20 Metres North of the Barn receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- 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
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings