Stocks, 27 Metres West of War Memorial, in Recreation Ground is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. Stocks.

Stocks, 27 Metres West of War Memorial, in Recreation Ground

WRENN ID
lunar-hearth-sable
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Forest of Dean
Constituency
Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Stocks
OS grid reference
SO 723 193
Coordinates
51.87198, -2.40291
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The stocks located 27 meters west of the War Memorial in the Recreation Ground are of unknown date. They are made of oak and are set on new oak posts within a concrete base, topped with a tiled roof. The stocks consist of upper and lower sections, each made up of two edge-jointed boards that have holes for two pairs of legs. The boards are surrounded on the outer edge by a wrought iron strap that is hinged at one end and clasps over an eye at the other. The structure measures approximately 1.7 meters in length. Near one end, there is a square post bolted to the upper boards, with an iron strake nailed to the front and back, and a small eye on either side, which is said to be a whipping post. The stocks were moved from closer to the village center around 1970, which is when the concrete base and sheltering structure were added.

Local climate

Stocks, 27 Metres West of War Memorial, in Recreation Ground 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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