Forge Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 August 1988. House.
Forge Cottage
- WRENN ID
- carved-steeple-thunder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 August 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- Forge Cottage, the Street, Cretingham
- OS grid reference
- TM 227 604
- Coordinates
- 52.19768, 1.25869
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Forge Cottage is a house dating from the late 18th century to early 19th century. It is constructed of colourwashed brick and features a pantile roof. The entrance front has two bays, with a central doorway that has a cambered head. To the right of the doorway is a two-light window, also with a cambered head, and to the left is a three-light window of the same style. On the first floor, there are three-light casements on both the right and left sides. The interior has not been inspected, but the cottage is included for its group value.
Local climate
Forge Cottage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 670 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 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% 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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- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1999
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- 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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