Forge Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Peterborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1982. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.

Forge Cottage

WRENN ID
fallow-gravel-willow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Peterborough
Constituency
North West Cambridgeshire MP: Sam Carling (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 February 1982
Type
Cottage
Address
Forge Cottage, 34, West Street, Helpston, City of Peterborough, PE6 7DX
OS grid reference
TF 117 054
Coordinates
52.63523, -0.34958
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Forge Cottage is an 18th-century cottage located on the north side of West Street in Helpston. It is constructed of coursed stone with a roof of Collyweston stone, featuring coped gable ends. The cottage has two storeys and originally had a three-window front, now with modern casement windows. A plain central doorway has a new glazed door. A brick stack is located at one end. A large, 19th-century stone lean-to has been added to the west end.

Local climate

Forge Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 1998
  • 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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