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
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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- 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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