The Old Forge is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1967. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Old Forge
- WRENN ID
- steep-chimney-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 February 1967
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Forge, Bridge End, Newport, CB11 3TH
- OS grid reference
- TL 521 345
- Coordinates
- 51.98889, 0.21458
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Forge is a house that likely dates from the 16th century. It is timber-framed and plastered, featuring a gable on the west side and two storeys. The upper storey juts out over the ground floor on the west front, supported by curved brackets. There is one range of leaded casement windows. The ground floor includes a shallow canted bay beneath the jetty. The roof is tiled and has an original chimney stack on the north side, which is hexagonal with three shafts on a rectangular base.
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.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2008
- 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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