Forge House is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 August 1971. A C19 Cottage.
Forge House
- WRENN ID
- pitched-kitchen-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 August 1971
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Forge House, Great Hales Street, Market Drayton, TF9 1JW
- OS grid reference
- SJ 677 340
- Coordinates
- 52.90329, -2.48142
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Forge House is a pair of cottages that have been combined into one dwelling, dating from the early to mid-19th century, with some alterations made in the late 20th century. The building is constructed of brick, which is painted on the front, and features a plain tile roof. It has one storey and an attic, with a high brick plinth and a parapeted gable end to the right, which includes a shaped stone kneeler and a truncated integral brick end stack.
The front has a pair of gabled semi-dormers that contain 20th-century small-paned two-light wooden casements and boarded gables. The façade has two windows, featuring 16-pane glazing bar sashes with slightly segmental heads and painted stone cills. There is an off-centre boarded door to the left, which is sheltered by a hipped porch supported on shaped brackets. A blocked doorway is located to the right.
Access to the entrance is provided by a double flight of stone steps, with five steps to the left and six to the right, accompanied by plain wrought-iron railings. To the right, there is a lower wing that is set back, featuring a parapeted gable end and a pair of garage doors beneath a segmental head. Additionally, there is a segmental-headed three-light window in the right-hand gable end. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Forge House 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 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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