20, Church Street is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 October 1954. House, shop. 2 related planning applications.
20, Church Street
- WRENN ID
- leaning-step-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Forest of Dean
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 October 1954
- Type
- House, shop
- Address
- 20, Church Street, Newent, GL18 1PP
- OS grid reference
- SO 723 258
- Coordinates
- 51.9308, -2.40401
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No 20 on Church Street is a house and shop dating from the early 18th century. It features Flemish-bond brickwork, painted on the front, set on a stone plinth, with a tiled roof. The building is three windows wide, with 3½ storeys on the left side and 2 storeys on the right. It is constructed as one unit, with continuous eaves and a roofline.
On the left side, there is a 2-light mullion and transom window with a steep segmental head, a brick-on-end arch, and a projecting stone keystone, along with an iron opening light. To the right, the entrance consists of a 6-panel front door, with the upper panels fielded and the bottom two flush, featuring an iron knocker. The door has plain reveals and a moulded surround, flanked by thin, panelled pilasters that support consoles and a fluted frieze. Above the door is a projecting pediment with very small dentils underneath and along the slope.
The shop front to the right is framed by plain pilasters that carry consoles. The left side of the shop front has a 4-panel door with flush panels and a single-pane fanlight above. The shop window is a single sheet with a low stallboard and three narrow panes above, topped by a plain fascia under a projecting top.
Above the shop, on the left, there is a window similar to the ground floor, with a 2-light casement window above it, featuring a head like the one below but with a brick-on-edge arch. On the right side, there are two sash windows at the same height, with flat heads and rubbed-brick arches that have projecting stone keystones. The eaves are finished with a wooden fascia.
On the left gable, there is a gabled dormer with a 2-light casement window that has a cambered head and an iron opening light. The building has a brick chimney on the left gable, positioned behind the ridge, and another external stack on the right in front of the ridge.
Local climate
20, Church Street receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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.
- No sale records on file
- 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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