Old Forge House is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1978. House. 1 related planning application.
Old Forge House
- WRENN ID
- grey-arch-lichen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1978
- Type
- House
- Address
- Old Forge House, High Street, Bures St. Mary, CO8 5HZ
- OS grid reference
- TL 907 341
- Coordinates
- 51.97303, 0.77574
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Forge House is an 18th or early 19th century timber-framed house with plastered walls and brick facing at the southwest and northeast ends. It is two storeys high with a three-window front. The windows are double-hung sashes with glazing bars. A central entrance features a six-panel door with a rectangular fanlight, flanked by pilasters and sheltered by a cornice hood supported on console brackets. The roof is tiled, with chimney stacks at each end.
Local climate
Old Forge House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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 — 2 transactions since 1999
- 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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