The Old Forge is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1983. Smithy.
The Old Forge
- WRENN ID
- waning-dormer-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1983
- Type
- Smithy
- Address
- The Old Forge, Norwich Road, Mulbarton
- OS grid reference
- TG 189 007
- Coordinates
- 52.56032, 1.22923
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Forge is a former smithy, likely associated with the Bracon Hall estate, and dates from around 1830. It is constructed of brick with some stone details and features black pantiled roofs. The building has a symmetrical layout, with a pair of low gabled forewings that flank a courtyard, which is now enclosed by a makeshift structure. There are two blind windows on the gable ends of the forewings, set beneath skewback arches with cambered soffits. The forewings and the main wing have pedimental gables, complete with stone kneelers and copings. An oculus is present in the main pediment, and there is a large axial stack on the main wing. The style of The Old Forge is similar to that of Bracon Hall, located at Bracon Ash.
Local climate
The Old Forge sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% 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 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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