The Forge is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1951. A C17 Former house, forge.
The Forge
- WRENN ID
- solemn-threshold-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 October 1951
- Type
- Former house, forge
- Address
- The Forge, the Street, Hacheston
- OS grid reference
- TM 308 591
- Coordinates
- 52.18262, 1.37559
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Forge is a former house and forge, now used as builder's premises. It dates from the 17th century and features a main range with an early 19th-century smithy to the south. The main range is timber framed, with parts plastered and others cased in colourwashed brick. The roof is tiled with plain tiles to the north and pantiles to the south. It has two storeys and various casement windows, along with a 20th-century half-glazed door at the gable end. The smithy is constructed of colourwashed brick and has a pantiled roof. It is a single storey with casement windows, a boarded half-door, and a main entrance that features iron gates. The main range is attached to Wistaria Cottage and may have originally been part of the same property. At one time, it was used as a malting.
Local climate
The Forge 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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