Duck End Forge is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 August 1984. Outbuilding.

Duck End Forge

WRENN ID
endless-terrace-linden
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 August 1984
Type
Outbuilding
Address
Duck End Forge, Stebbing
OS grid reference
TL 654 264
Coordinates
51.91169, 0.40449
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Duck End Forge is an outbuilding, originally the Old Forge, dating from the 18th or 19th century. It is constructed with a timber frame and weatherboarding, topped with a gabled roof made of corrugated asbestos. The building is one storey high with an attic and features one plain window, one board door, and one plank and muntin door. Inside, there are through bracing and small hanging knees supporting the tie beams. A red brick chimney stack is also present. Duck End Forge is part of a group that includes Forge Cottage, The Thatched Cottage, and Duck End Cottage.

Local climate

Duck End Forge sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 94% 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer 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 0.3°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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