The Lawn is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. Guest house.
The Lawn
- WRENN ID
- leaning-mortar-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Forest of Dean
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1985
- Type
- Guest house
- Address
- The Lawn, High Street, Ruardean
- OS grid reference
- SO 619 175
- Coordinates
- 51.85567, -2.55374
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lawn is a former house that has been converted into a guest house. It dates from the early 19th century and features rendered walls that are painted, along with a slate roof. The building has an L-shaped plan and a symmetrical front with three windows, rising to two stories. The front has a black painted plinth and a central entrance door that is six panels with flush lower panels and upper scalloped corners to fielded centres, framed with beading. The porch is supported by wrought-iron corner brackets and has iron balcony rails. The windows are four-pane wide sashes, and there are brick gable chimneys integrated within the building's envelope.
Local climate
The Lawn receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% 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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