Former Coal Pens Near Canal Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 2002. Coal pens.

Former Coal Pens Near Canal Cottages

WRENN ID
scattered-stronghold-tarn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Stroud
Constituency
Stroud MP: Dr Simon Opher (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 February 2002
Type
Coal pens
Address
Former Coal Pens Near Canal Cottages, Former Coal Pen Near Canal Cottages, Stonehouse
OS grid reference
SO 812 046
Coordinates
51.73997, -2.27228
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The former coal pens near Canal Cottages are 19th-century structures made of limestone. They consist of a series of walled enclosures with curved corners designed for easy access by carts. The enclosure walls are primarily constructed from coursed and dressed limestone, with some sections of ashlar and stone copings. There are two shutes on the canal-facing (north) side, featuring stone sills. These shutes originally had timber boards that were hinged at the bottom to allow coal to be unloaded by wheelbarrow from barges onto planks leading into the pen. To the left (east) of these openings, there is a gateway with chamfered jambs and a late-19th-century wrought-iron gate.

Local climate

Former Coal Pens Near Canal Cottages receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% 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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