The Old Forge is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. House. 3 related planning applications.
The Old Forge
- WRENN ID
- ghost-roof-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harborough
- Constituency
- Harborough, Oadby and Wigston MP: Neil O'Brien (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Forge, 98, Station Road, Great Bowden, LE16 7HN
- OS grid reference
- SP 745 886
- Coordinates
- 52.49107, -0.90312
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Forge is probably a 17th-century timber-framed building. It is a long, single-range structure with a facade that is slightly angled towards the centre. The building has four irregular bays with braced uprights and red brick infilling. It is topped by a low tiled roof and features a central and end chimney. The building has one and a half storeys, with four dormers, and modern casement windows on the ground floor. A reproduction door is located in the centre, and the gable end exhibits square panel framing. Garage doors are on the east side of the facade. The building faces a village green.
Local climate
The Old Forge receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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 — 1 transaction since 2012
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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