Winlaton Forge is a Grade II listed building in the Gateshead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 November 1985. A Georgian Forge.
Winlaton Forge
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-rotunda-scarlet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gateshead
- Constituency
- Blaydon and Consett MP: Liz Twist (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 November 1985
- Type
- Forge
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Winlaton Forge, Hood Square
- OS grid reference
- NZ 174 620
- Coordinates
- 54.95322, -1.72884
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Winlaton Forge is a forge built in the late 18th century. It is constructed from sandstone rubble and features a roof made of pantiles, with stone slates at the eaves and stone gable coping on curved kneelers at the front. The building is one storey high and has three bays. The central boarded door is flanked by windows that have external shutters, all of which are set under flat stone lintels with projecting stone sills. The low sloping walls at the front and rear create a shelter at the left return. There are two brick chimneys at each end. This forge is historically significant as it is the only surviving example of the many workshops in Winlaton that produced iron goods, an industry that began in 1691 with Ambrose Crowley.
Local climate
Winlaton Forge receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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