The Forge is a Grade II listed building in the East Lindsey local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1986. Former school, cottage. 4 related planning applications.
The Forge
- WRENN ID
- scarred-kitchen-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Lindsey
- Constituency
- Louth and Horncastle MP: Victoria Atkins (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 1986
- Type
- Former school, cottage
- Address
- The Forge, Chapel Lane, Grainthorpe, LN11 7HZ
- OS grid reference
- TF 382 972
- Coordinates
- 53.45395, 0.08129
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Forge is a former school building, dating to 1819, with alterations made in the 20th century. It is now a cottage. The building is constructed of red brick with a steeply pitched roof covered in concrete interlocking tiles, featuring a central ridge stack. The two-storey, three-bay front has corbelled eaves. An off-centre entrance is flanked to the left by a 20th-century two-light casement window and to the right by a sash window with glazing bars. The first floor has two sash windows with glazing bars, set within the eaves. Ground floor window and door openings have segmental brick heads. A plaque, originally displayed at the later primary school in the village, records the school’s foundation in 1819 by George Lill for 20 poor boys.
Local climate
The Forge receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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 — 5 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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