Forge Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 November 1984. House. 2 related planning applications.
Forge Cottage
- WRENN ID
- twisted-rubblework-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 November 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- Forge Cottage, Low Street, Brandeston, IP13 7AN
- OS grid reference
- TM 252 603
- Coordinates
- 52.19561, 1.29501
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Forge Cottage is a house dating from the 16th century. It is timber framed and plastered, with the plaster designed to imitate ashlar. The roof is covered with pantiles. The building has a single storey and an attic, featuring a three-window range with two-light mullion and transom casements. There is a cross passage entry that includes a mid-20th century porch and door, as well as one catslide dormer and an internal stack. Inside, the cottage has exposed timbering, some original internal doors, and newel stairs.
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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2022
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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