The Old Forge is a Grade II listed building in the Malvern Hills local planning authority area, England. Smithy. 1 related planning application.
The Old Forge
- WRENN ID
- stark-courtyard-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Malvern Hills
- Constituency
- West Worcestershire MP: Dame Harriett Baldwin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Smithy
- Address
- The Old Forge, Church Road, Clifton Upon Teme, WR6 6DJ
- OS grid reference
- SO 714 615
- Coordinates
- 52.25155, -2.41942
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Forge is a purpose-built smithy from the mid-19th century. It is constructed of red brick with stone quoins and dressings, topped with a plain tiled roof. The building is one storey high, featuring a one and a half storey gabled cross-wing on the left side. The cross-wing has a depressed two-centred arch for the cart entry, above which is a horseshoe design made of blue brick that encloses a defaced inscription. The gable of the cross-wing contains a two-light casement window. The main range has two three-light casements with internal arrow-headed bars, and a central door that features a depressed two-centred head made of stone. This door is a stable door with strap hinges that have trefoil terminals and a large medieval-style door handle. Additionally, the forge stack is corbelled out from the left return front.
Local climate
The Old Forge receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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 — 2 transactions since 2004
- 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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