Middle Watch House is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1985. Dwelling, shop. 1 related planning application.
Middle Watch House
- WRENN ID
- calm-niche-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Forest of Dean
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1985
- Type
- Dwelling, shop
- Address
- Middle Watch House, High Street, Newnham, GL14 1BB
- OS grid reference
- SO 691 118
- Coordinates
- 51.80402, -2.44951
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Middle Watch House is a dwelling and shop dating from the 19th century. It is constructed of brick, with a concrete tile roof. The building is three storeys high and has three windows on its front elevation. The ground floor features a 19th-century shop front framed by brick pilasters with stone moulded bases, capitals, and a cornice. The shop front contains a six-panel door, with four glazed panels. The first and second floors have sash windows with glazing bars, each set beneath a stepped voussoir head with a projecting keystone. A central blind oculus is present on the first floor, surrounded by a moulded frame.
Local climate
Middle Watch House receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 1 transaction since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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