Estate Yard and Old Forge,Incorporating Saw Mill,Offices and Timber Yard is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1984. Industrial. 2 related planning applications.

Estate Yard and Old Forge,Incorporating Saw Mill,Offices and Timber Yard

WRENN ID
mired-portal-spindle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Gloucestershire
Constituency
Thornbury and Yate MP: Claire Young (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 June 1984
Type
Industrial
Address
Estate Yard and Old Forge,Incorporating Saw Mill,Offices and Timber Yard, Tortworth, GL12 8HF
OS grid reference
ST 703 934
Coordinates
51.63888, -2.42976
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Estate Yard and Old Forge, which includes a saw mill, offices, and timber yard, was built around 1880 for the Earl of Ducie's estate. The buildings are constructed from rubble and feature 20th-century tiled roofs. This long range of structures is divided into two parts, all of which are single storey with attics in gabled dormers.

On the left side, there is a gabled projecting porch with two 2-light casement windows in gabled dormers. A central depressed arch carriage entry is also under a gable, with a further plank door to the right and a bellcote over the east gable. The right range has a plank door and a 2-light window at the far right.

At the rear, there are three ranges of open sheds and workshops that enclose a yard, featuring slate and pantile roofs, with a carriage entry under a gable on the west range. Located about five yards to the northwest of the yard is the old forge, which is L-shaped with a plain tiled roof and a projecting lateral stack at the west end. The estate yard forms an important group with the nearby church, green, and cottages.

Local climate

Estate Yard and Old Forge,Incorporating Saw Mill,Offices and Timber Yard receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% 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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