Forge Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Warwick local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1987. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Forge Cottage
- WRENN ID
- woven-turret-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Warwick
- Constituency
- Kenilworth and Southam MP: Sir Jeremy Wright (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Forge Cottage, Warwick Road, Leek Wootton and Guy's Cliffe, CV35 7QY
- OS grid reference
- SP 289 690
- Coordinates
- 52.31837, -1.5766
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Forge Cottage is a circa 17th-century timber-framed cottage situated on the west side of Warwick Road in Leek Wootton. It has painted brick infill panels between the timber framing, set on sandstone foundations. The roof is thatched, with gabled ends. The cottage is one storey high with an attic. A modern oak plank door is set within a gabled porch. There are two two-light casements with glazing bars, and an eyebrow dormer above the door, containing a similar two-light casement window. Two brick chimney stacks are present.
Local climate
Forge Cottage receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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