The Forge is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1984. House, forge. 3 related planning applications.
The Forge
- WRENN ID
- spare-window-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 October 1984
- Type
- House, forge
- Address
- The Forge, Church Road, Blaxhall, IP12 2DH
- OS grid reference
- TM 364 571
- Coordinates
- 52.1624, 1.45515
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Forge is a house and former forge, now used as a workshop, dating from the early 19th century with mid-20th century rear additions. It features colourwashed brick with some random flint and stone rubblework at the rear and has a pantiled roof. The building is two storeys high and consists of a single range divided into two sections with different roof pitches. The left section is likely the earlier part and was originally two cottages, featuring three widely spaced windows with 2-light small-paned casements under segmental arches, although one window has been replaced by a mid-20th century casement. The right section was originally one dwelling and has three windows with inset 6-paned sashes under segmental arches, along with a mid-20th century door and enclosed porch. There is an internal stack in each range. The red brick forge is located on the right, with its gable end facing the road, and is now attached to the house by a short link. The interior includes timber framing with stop-chamfered beams.
Local climate
The Forge sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2023
- 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
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings