The Old Forge is a Grade II* listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1958. Forge. 3 related planning applications.
The Old Forge
- WRENN ID
- errant-lantern-crag
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1958
- Type
- Forge
- Address
- The Old Forge, 10 and 12, the Street, Chelsworth, IP7 7HU
- OS grid reference
- TL 983 480
- Coordinates
- 52.09557, 0.89391
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Forge is a timber-framed building dating from the 15th and 16th centuries. Originally a single house built at a right angle to the street, it now forms an L-shaped plan with the addition of a later timber-framed and plastered wing on the east side. The building is two storeys and attics; the upper storey is jettied. Casement windows are present, with some original windows featuring moulded mullions on the west side. The roof is thatched and includes two dormers on the front, one of which is gabled. The west block has a prominent 16th-century central chimney stack with three octagonal shafts. Inside, the west block contains a good 16th-century brick fireplace.
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 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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 — 6 transactions since 1997
- 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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