Old Forge Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1980. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Old Forge Cottage

WRENN ID
pitched-landing-spindle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 February 1980
Type
Cottage
Address
Old Forge Cottage, Hill Green, Clavering, CB11 4QS
OS grid reference
TL 480 324
Coordinates
51.97068, 0.15444
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Old Forge Cottage is a timber-framed and plastered building dating from the 18th to 19th century, designed in an L-shaped plan. The cottage has been renovated and stands two storeys high. It features a two-window range of small modern casements with lattice leaded lights. The roof is thatched, hipped at the north-east end, and slopes down low over the rear wing at the south-west end.

Local climate

Old Forge Cottage 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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