The Old Forge is a Grade II listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 January 1982. House. 4 related planning applications.
The Old Forge
- WRENN ID
- over-arch-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Epping Forest
- Constituency
- Harlow MP: Chris Vince (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 January 1982
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Forge, Harlow Road, Roydon, CM19 5HH
- OS grid reference
- TL 409 099
- Coordinates
- 51.77023, 0.04154
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Forge is a house that dates back to the 16th century and has been altered over time. It features a timber frame with plaster and a facade made of yellow stock brick. The roof is covered with red plain tiles and the building has two storeys. There are two rear wings, one of which jetties out at the end. The main part of the house has an L-shaped plan and includes two window ranges with casements and a central doorway. The ground floor windows have segmental heads, and there is a dentilled eaves course. The property is also adorned with red and yellow stock brick chimney stacks.
Local climate
The Old Forge sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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