Forge Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Bromsgrove local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 July 1986. House, forge.

Forge Cottage

WRENN ID
riven-railing-sparrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bromsgrove
Constituency
Bromsgrove MP: Bradley Thomas (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 July 1986
Type
House, forge
Address
Forge Cottage, Stoke
OS grid reference
SO 952 684
Coordinates
52.31456, -2.07137
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Forge Cottage is a house and forge dating from the mid-18th century. It was re-erected and restored in 1978. The building features a timber frame with rendered infill set on a sandstone plinth, topped with a stone tile roof. It consists of three framed bays with a central entrance and staircase, along with a rear outshot, a gable-end stack, and a single-bay forge. The structure is one storey high with an attic that is illuminated by three raked-top dormers. On the ground floor, there are two timber cross-windows and a central entrance with a ledged and boarded door. To the left, the single-storey forge has a shuttered window, with an entrance located in the gable end. The framing includes three rectangular panels high, with two panels high in the forge area, and the trusses have two struts to the collar. The cottage was removed from Wellington, Hereford and Worcester, in 1976.

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 70% 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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