Forest House is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1983. House. 2 related planning applications.
Forest House
- WRENN ID
- tangled-foundation-vermeil
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Forest of Dean
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- Forest House, 2, Cinder Hill, Coleford, GL16 8HQ
- OS grid reference
- SO 574 104
- Coordinates
- 51.79152, -2.61761
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Forest House is a house that has been converted into a hotel, dating from the late 18th century. It is constructed from coursed and dressed rubble stone with stone dressings and features a slate roof with wooden eaves and a modillion cornice, along with three stone stacks. The building is a single range with an outshut and a mid-19th century extension at the rear. It stands two storeys tall with an attic and has four 12-pane sash windows that feature grooved keystones, as well as four small hipped dormers with paired casements. The entrance door is located in the second bay and is topped by a curved projecting hood supported by cusped brackets. Forest House was the home of David Mushet, who was the first to produce high-quality cast steel using the combined process of Bessemer and Mushet.
Local climate
Forest House receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% 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 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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 — 2 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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