The Forge is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 August 1978. Stables and former blacksmith's workshop.
The Forge
- WRENN ID
- stranded-ember-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 August 1978
- Type
- Stables and former blacksmith's workshop
- Address
- The Forge, Main Road, Condover
- OS grid reference
- SJ 478 028
- Coordinates
- 52.62126, -2.77251
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Forge is a Grade II listed building located on Main Road in Dorrington, Condover. It is a stables and former blacksmith's workshop, which was disused at the time of the survey. The building likely dates from the early 17th century and has undergone later alterations. It features a timber-framed structure set on a brick plinth, with painted brick infill and a machine tile roof. The building has two levels and consists of four framed bays.
The framing includes five wall posts with short straight tension braces reaching to the eaves, and there is irregular panelling, which is probably a later addition, between the posts. The first, second, and third bays from the left have wide double doors, and there are scattered 20th-century fixed-light openings.
Inside, the building has a Queen-post roof supported by large braced tie beams.
Local climate
The Forge receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% 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 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2004
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