The Forge is a Grade II listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 April 1983. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
The Forge
- WRENN ID
- drifting-cobble-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Epping Forest
- Constituency
- Harlow MP: Chris Vince (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 April 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Forge, Harlow Road, Roydon, CM19 5HH
- OS grid reference
- TL 409 099
- Coordinates
- 51.77022, 0.04136
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Forge is a cottage that dates from the 17th century or earlier. It is constructed with a timber frame and plastered exterior, topped with a red plain tile roof that is gabled towards the street. The building has one storey and attics, along with a single storey range at the rear. The front features one window range, which includes a casement on the ground floor and a vertical sliding sash window above. There are also casement windows in the flank walls. The forge area has a red pantile roof. Inside, the cottage retains its original hearth, forge, and fittings.
Local climate
The 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 — 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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