Old Forge is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1987. A C16 House. 3 related planning applications.
Old Forge
- WRENN ID
- first-pinnacle-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 December 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- Old Forge, the Street, Wilby, IP21 5LE
- OS grid reference
- TM 240 720
- Coordinates
- 52.30043, 1.2851
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Forge is a house dating back to the 16th century, which was considerably restored in the mid-20th century. It is timber-framed and has plaster walls, covered by a pantile roof. The house has two storeys and three windows, featuring mid-20th century diamond-leaded casements. Access is via a lobby with a mid-20th century door and a simple open wooden porch. There's an internal chimney stack with a small, rebuilt shaft, and a further external stack on the left gable end. The interior has been modernised, and the first floor contains heavy joists of unremarkable quality. The first-floor timber frame remains intact and includes many irregular members, as well as reversed and tension braces. Evidence suggests the presence of diamond-mullioned windows in the past. The stack is a later addition, and the original layout is unclear.
Local climate
Old Forge 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 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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 — 7 transactions since 1997
- 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
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