Old Forge Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. House. 1 related planning application.
Old Forge Cottage
- WRENN ID
- ghost-latch-spindle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1981
- Type
- House
- Address
- Old Forge Cottage, Church Road, Alburgh, IP20 0DA
- OS grid reference
- TM 267 872
- Coordinates
- 52.4366, 1.33402
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Forge Cottage is a 17th-century timber-frame house, later altered and faced with plaster and brick. The roof is steep, covered with pantiles, and features gabled ends. A brick chimney stack is positioned off-centre. The house has two storeys and an attic, with an attic window visible in one of the gable ends. Windows are a mix of 18th-century, 19th-century, and modern casements. A 19th-century brick single-storey lean-to has been added to the east front.
Local climate
Old Forge Cottage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 2011
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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