Castle Tump is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 May 1989. Cottage.
Castle Tump
- WRENN ID
- muffled-porch-quill
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Forest of Dean
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 May 1989
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Castle Tump, Dymock
- OS grid reference
- SO 711 292
- Coordinates
- 51.96142, -2.42132
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Castle Tump is a 17th-century cottage featuring a timber frame that is partly built on a brick base, with brick and render infill and a thatched roof. It is a two-cell, box-framed cottage with direct entry and a central staircase. The cottage has one and a half storeys and a two-window front, with a modern door set in a porch and modern casement windows, including a casement dormer above. To the left, there is a large 17th-century external brick stack, while a smaller 19th-century stack is located to the right. The rear of the cottage has a 20th-century weatherboard and corrugated iron outshut. Inside, the frame is exposed, featuring a chamfered crossbeam, a winder stair, at least one ledged and braced door, and a principal rafter roof. The cottage is situated on the bailey round of Dymock Castle.
Local climate
Castle Tump receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% 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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