The Old Forge is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1980. Forge.
The Old Forge
- WRENN ID
- tall-porch-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1980
- Type
- Forge
- Address
- The Old Forge, the Village, Arkesden
- OS grid reference
- TL 483 343
- Coordinates
- 51.98797, 0.15932
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Forge is an early 18th century timber-framed and weather-boarded house located in Arkesden. It stands two storeys high and features a mix of leaded casements and double-hung sash windows with glazing bars. The roof is thatched and has one central chimney stack and one end chimney stack. Adjoining the house on the south-east side is an old outbuilding, likely from the 18th century, which was originally a stable block. This outbuilding is also timber-framed and plastered, with a thatched roof and an old stable door.
Local climate
The Old Forge sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- 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
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings