Old Forge Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Welwyn Hatfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1983. House. 2 related planning applications.
Old Forge Cottage
- WRENN ID
- distant-facade-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Welwyn Hatfield
- Constituency
- Welwyn Hatfield MP: Andrew Lewin (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- Old Forge Cottage, AL4 9HL
- OS grid reference
- TL 194 097
- Coordinates
- 51.77338, -0.27033
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Forge Cottage is a house, originally a forge, dating from the late 16th century with extensions in the 17th century. It has three timber-framed bays and an exterior of painted brick, with the upper floor tile-hung in patterned courses. The roof is tiled, with a taller section to the south. A central square red brick stack is located on the north side. The house has two storeys and attics. There are five oak mullioned casement windows, and a hipped attic dormer. Internally, the centre bay features a moulded axial floor beam. The north bay contains a fireplace oven, which was formerly part of the forge. The south bay has chamfered floor beams and joists, along with a roof featuring straight wind braces.
Local climate
Old Forge Cottage 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 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% 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 — 1 transaction since 2022
- 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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