Nos 14 and 15 and Former Forge at Rear is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1952. Cottages, forge. 2 related planning applications.

Nos 14 and 15 and Former Forge at Rear

WRENN ID
inner-doorway-sienna
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cotswold
Constituency
North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 January 1952
Type
Cottages, forge
Address
Nos 14 and 15 and Former Forge at Rear, Sherborne, GL54 3DR
OS grid reference
SP 165 149
Coordinates
51.83284, -1.76182
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos 14 and 15 are two semi-detached cottages with a former forge located at the rear. No 15, on the right, dates from the mid 17th century, while No 14 is from the late 18th to early 19th century. The forge was built in the 19th century. The cottages are constructed of coursed squared and dressed limestone, featuring an artificial stone slate roof on the pitch facing the road and a concrete tile roof at the rear. The former forge has a red tile roof. The main structure has a rectangular plan, with the forge forming a long narrow rectangular block at the rear, connected to No 15 by a short extension. There is a 20th-century lean-to extension at the rear of No 15, which is not of special interest.

The main body of the cottages is two stories high with a five-windowed facade. The three right-hand bays represent the mid 17th-century range and feature 2-light hollow-chamfered stone-mullioned casements with stopped hoods. There is a projecting bread oven to the right of the far right-hand window. The remaining two bays on the left have similar casements with flat-chamfered mullions. Towards the center of the facade, there are two 19th-century four-panel doors with two glazed panels, set within stone-built porches that have hipped roofs. The gable ends of the main body have flat coping, and there are axial and gable-end stacks. The interiors of the cottages have not been inspected. The former smithy contains the remains of two forges. This property is owned by the National Trust.

Local climate

Nos 14 and 15 and Former Forge at Rear receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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