Outbuilding Next Road at the Old Forge is a Grade II listed building in the Dacorum local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1986. Forge.
Outbuilding Next Road at the Old Forge
- WRENN ID
- weathered-cornice-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dacorum
- Constituency
- Hemel Hempstead MP: David Taylor (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1986
- Type
- Forge
- Address
- Outbuilding Next Road at the Old Forge, the Street, Chipperfield, WD4 9BH
- OS grid reference
- TL 042 017
- Coordinates
- 51.70505, -0.49328
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building is an outbuilding that was originally a forge, dating from the 18th century. It is constructed of painted red brick and features a hipped, steep old red tile roof. This small, rectangular, single-storey structure faces south, with its west gable positioned on the roadside. The east end of the south front has original double doors, while the west end features a stable door. The building is included for its group value.
Local climate
Outbuilding Next Road at the Old Forge sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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