Forge House is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1982. House. 1 related planning application.
Forge House
- WRENN ID
- fallen-pavement-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 January 1982
- Type
- House
- Address
- Forge House, Colchester Road, Virley, CM9 8HG
- OS grid reference
- TL 948 147
- Coordinates
- 51.79781, 0.82389
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Forge House is a mid-18th century timber-framed building, originally with a weatherboarded exterior and a red plain tile roof. It has two storeys and originally two windows, featuring double-hung vertical sliding sash windows with glazing bars. A central door is framed by moulded detailing and architraves. A mid-19th century casement window is located at first floor level. The building has a rectangular plan and retains its original end chimney stacks. A lean-to extension with a red pantile roof adjoins the west end, while a single-storey extension with a gambrel roof and a casement window extends from the east end.
Local climate
Forge House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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 2003
- 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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