The Forge is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 March 1977. Forge. 3 related planning applications.
The Forge
- WRENN ID
- spare-eave-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 March 1977
- Type
- Forge
- Address
- The Forge, Norwich Road, Dickleburgh and Rushall, IP21 4NQ
- OS grid reference
- TM 167 823
- Coordinates
- 52.39615, 1.18478
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Forge is a 17th-century timber-frame building, originally plastered. It has a pantile roof with gabled ends. The building is two storeys high, with four windows on the first floor. The first-floor windows consist of two original 3-light casements and two more modern casements. The ground floor has one fixed-light window with glazing bars, one modern casement, and a plain doorway.
Local climate
The Forge 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 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% 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 — 3 transactions since 2004
- 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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