Forge Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Hertsmere local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1985. House. 2 related planning applications.
Forge Cottage
- WRENN ID
- muted-cobalt-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hertsmere
- Constituency
- Hertsmere MP: Sir Oliver Dowden (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 August 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Forge Cottage, Cross Oaks Lane, South Mimms and Ridge, EN6 3LH
- OS grid reference
- TL 213 003
- Coordinates
- 51.68849, -0.24567
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Forge Cottage is likely an early 17th-century house, extended in the 19th century and altered in the 20th. It is timber-framed with whitewashed and rendered brick nogging and brick additions. The first floor is weatherboarded, and the roof is tiled. The original house comprised two bays, although a one-bay extension was added to the left in the 19th century, featuring a slightly higher ridge line. A later 17th-century brick chimney breast, built outside the frame, is located to the right of the original house. The entrance is in the original left bay. The windows are 20th-century leaded casements, and the ground floor openings have timber lintels. Timber posts are exposed on the ground floor to the left and centre of the original house. An extension to the rear exists. The interior has not been inspected. This building possesses group value from its contribution to the historic character of the area.
Local climate
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 90% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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