The Old Forge is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 November 1983. Cottage.
The Old Forge
- WRENN ID
- fallow-spire-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire MP: Ian Sollom (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 November 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Old Forge, 119, High Street, Yelling
- OS grid reference
- TL 260 626
- Coordinates
- 52.24728, -0.15483
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Forge is a late 17th century timber-framed and plastered cottage that was originally a blacksmith's shop. It may have originally had a three-unit plan, but the northern bay has been demolished, revealing an inglenook hearth. The cottage features a pantiled roof with two dormer windows and a half-glazed door that has a pantiled hood. The foundations are made of painted brick. Inside, there is an inglenook hearth with an opening to a baking oven, as well as exposed ceiling beams.
Local climate
The Old Forge sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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 0.4°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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