The Old Forge is a Grade II listed building in the Rutland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1984. A C18 Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
The Old Forge
- WRENN ID
- idle-brick-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rutland
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 February 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Old Forge, Greetham Inn Lane, Greetham, Oakham, LE15 7TX
- OS grid reference
- SK 948 148
- Coordinates
- 52.72275, -0.59695
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Forge is a cottage from the later 18th century, constructed of coursed rubble stone with a Collyweston slate roof featuring brick ridges and stacks at the right end. The former front of the building faces the yard of The Olde Greetham Inn. It is two stories high, with two sets of 2-light casement windows and three similar windows on the ground floor, along with a 1-light stair window. There is a six-panelled door with a glazed top panel located to the far left. The windows have wooden lintels, one of which has a piece of carved wood dated 1763 attached to it, likely brought in from elsewhere. To the left end of the building, there is a long single-storey extension, and a smaller extension with a hipped roof is located at the right end. The entrance to the cottage is now at the rear. The building is included for its group value.
Local climate
The Old Forge sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2001
- 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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