The Forge is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1988. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
The Forge
- WRENN ID
- rooted-porch-sepia
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 July 1988
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- The Forge, Wetheringsett-Cum-Brockford, IP14 5PZ
- OS grid reference
- TM 142 655
- Coordinates
- 52.24665, 1.13765
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Forge is a former farmhouse dating from the late 17th century. It is constructed with a timber frame and plastered exterior, while the left gable end is roughcast-rendered. The roof is covered in corrugated iron, which was placed over the original thatch in the early 1940s. The building consists of three cells and has two storeys. There are two windows: early 20th century 5-light casements on the ground floor and older 2-light casements above. To the left, there is a doorway featuring a 20th century plank door with a gabled hood. Inside, the frame is divided into four bays, with some plain, widely spaced studding on the first floor supported by straight braces. Several original upper doors remain. All ground floor rooms have axial ceiling beams, with those in the hall and parlour displaying lamb's tongue or ogee stop-chamfers. The joists are plastered over, and the roof timbers are concealed. At the rear, there are old pantiled lean-tos.
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 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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