Forge Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1983. A Post-Medieval House.

Forge Cottage

WRENN ID
proud-brick-owl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Norfolk
Constituency
South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 December 1983
Type
House
Period
Post-Medieval
Address
Forge Cottage, the Street, Shotesham
OS grid reference
TM 248 990
Coordinates
52.54312, 1.31418
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Forge Cottage is a former blacksmith's cottage dating from around 1700 and later. It features a rendered timber frame and a pantiled roof. The building is one storey with an attic and has fenestration that is likely original, including leaded lights and metal casements with the same original fittings. There are three gabled dormers. An added staged external stack is located on the west gable-end. The east gable-end is constructed of 18th-century brick with tumbling-in, and there is a later extension to the rear.

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 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% 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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