Forge Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Lindsey local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1985. A C19 House.
Forge Cottage
- WRENN ID
- heavy-sandstone-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Lindsey
- Constituency
- Gainsborough MP: Sir Edward Leigh (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Forge Cottage, Middle Street, Burton, Lincoln, LN1 2RG
- OS grid reference
- SK 961 748
- Coordinates
- 53.26208, -0.56023
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Forge Cottage is a house dating from the early 19th century. It is constructed from coursed limestone rubble and features a steeply pitched 20th-century concrete tile roof with two gable brick stacks. The building has a two-storey, three-bay front. The central entrance consists of a four-panelled door that is sheltered by an open-sided 20th-century wooden porch, with single glazing bar sash windows on either side. On the first floor, there are two additional glazing bar sash windows. The openings are topped with rendered pedimented lintels. This cottage is listed for its group value.
Local climate
Forge Cottage 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 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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 — 1 transaction since 2000
- No related consent applications matched
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