The Forge is a Grade II listed building in the Lichfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1986. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Forge
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-cloister-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lichfield
- Constituency
- Tamworth MP: Sarah Edwards (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 November 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Forge, Church Road, Elford, B79 9DA
- OS grid reference
- SK 188 104
- Coordinates
- 52.69131, -1.72272
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Forge is a house that possibly dates from the late 17th century and was restored in the late 19th century. It features a timber frame with brick infill and a plain tile roof, along with brick integral end stacks that have lozenge-shaped shafts. The building is oriented north-west to south-east and has one storey with an attic. The façade includes three square panels at the eaves and straight braces, with three bays. The ground floor has 20th-century casement windows that are topped with hood moulds, and there are gabled attic dormers. A central door is set beneath a gabled timber porch. To the left, there is a single-storey lean-to extension. Inside, the roof trusses are exposed, featuring V-struts above the collar and three vertical struts below.
Local climate
The Forge receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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 — 3 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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