The Old Forge is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1980. House. 3 related planning applications.
The Old Forge
- WRENN ID
- haunted-gateway-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1980
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Forge, High Street, Widdington, CB11 3SN
- OS grid reference
- TL 537 312
- Coordinates
- 51.95838, 0.23684
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Forge is a 17th-century timber-framed and plastered house located on the east side of Widdington High Street. It was renovated in the 20th century and has one storey with attics. The house features modern casement windows with lattice leaded lights and a modern porch. Its thatched roof is half hipped at both the north and south ends, and it includes a central chimney stack and two dormers.
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 2018
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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