The Old Forge is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 October 1987. Forge. 2 related planning applications.
The Old Forge
- WRENN ID
- rusted-hinge-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wakefield
- Constituency
- Normanton and Hemsworth MP: Jon Trickett (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 October 1987
- Type
- Forge
- Address
- The Old Forge, Doncaster Road, Hessle and Hill Top, WF4 1QX
- OS grid reference
- SE 410 171
- Coordinates
- 53.64918, -1.38044
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Forge is a forge, likely dating from the later 18th century and altered in the 19th century. It is constructed of coursed, grooved sandstone blocks with a stone slate roof. The building has a rectangular plan and a single storey, with four bays. It features four square six-pane fixed windows with stone sills and heads. The roof is hipped. The left-hand end wall originally had an elliptical arched wagon doorway, now covered by external sliding doors. A lean-to extension, with a brick chimney at its junction with the main structure, is located at the right-hand end. The rear of the building contains a doorway, three square six-pane fixed windows, and an added external brick hoop furnace with a chimney. Original features inside include a forge hearth and a quenching trough at the east end. At the time of the survey in 1986, the building was still in use as a workshop.
Local climate
The Old Forge receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2007
- 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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