Carpenters is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 October 1981. Forge, house. 3 related planning applications.
Carpenters
- WRENN ID
- young-wattle-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 October 1981
- Type
- Forge, house
- Address
- Carpenters, 33a, London Road, Sawbridgeworth, CM21 9EH
- OS grid reference
- TL 480 147
- Coordinates
- 51.81144, 0.14633
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 17th-century forge, altered and extended in the 19th century and now converted into a house. The original forge, at a right angle to the road, is a single-story timber-framed structure, later faced with brick in the 19th century. It has a red pantile roof. Attached to the front is a small, two-story brick front block with a gabled slate roof.
The forge's roof structure features collar and clasped purlins, with long curved braces supporting the tie beam. The front block has overhanging eaves, narrow bargeboards on the north and south gables, and a low, offset plinth. The ground floor has two wide, segmental arched recesses, each containing a tall French window with vertical margin lights and a segmental gauged arch above. The brickwork of the front block changes over eight courses above the window sills, indicating two separate phases of building. These arches were originally open, providing access to the forge.
The building is of both architectural and industrial historical interest, forming a picturesque part of the group of buildings on the west side of London Road.
Local climate
Carpenters 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 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 7 transactions since 1999
- 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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