The Old Forge is a Grade II listed building in the Malvern Hills local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 May 1984. A C17 Cottage.
The Old Forge
- WRENN ID
- vacant-cellar-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Malvern Hills
- Constituency
- West Worcestershire MP: Dame Harriett Baldwin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 May 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Old Forge, Longdon
- OS grid reference
- SO 841 334
- Coordinates
- 51.99968, -2.23209
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Forge is a 17th-century cottage constructed with a timber frame and a plain tile roof, featuring a stack at the west end. It has one storey and an attic, highlighted by a sloping three-light dormer. The entrance is through a porch, with an iron two-light casement window on each side. At the west end, there is a lean-to with a door. The building is square framed, consisting of three by seven panels.
Local climate
The Old Forge receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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