| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
.jpg) An aerial photograph of the hall | |
  Location within Gloucestershire | |
| Location | Gloucestershire |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | SO698170 |
| Coordinates | 51°51′04″N 2°26′21″W / 51.851222°N 2.439124°W |
| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 0.07 hectare |
| Notification | 1995 |
| Natural England website | |
Blaisdon Hall (grid reference SO698170) is a Grade II* listed building at Blaisdon.[1] It includes a 0.07-hectare (0.17-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1995.[2][3]
Blaisdon Hall supports a breeding roost of Lesser horseshoe bats which consists of one fifth of the known Gloucestershire breeding population, and has been deemed by Natural England to be of national importance. The site comprises part of the roof void, roof tiles, roof timbers, the flanking walls of the Hall and the nearby workshop. Pipistrelle bats and Brown long-eared bats also are recorded using the Hall.[2]
- ^ "Blaisdon Hall". Historic England. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ a b Natural England SSSI information on the citation Archived 25 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Forest of Dean District Local Plan Review, adopted November 2005, Appendix D 'Nature Conservation Site Designations Within the Forest of Dean District', Sites of Special Scientific Interest Archived 29 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine