Forge and Attached Stables to South West of the Old Forge is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 2000. A C19 Forge and stables.

Forge and Attached Stables to South West of the Old Forge

WRENN ID
fallow-cornice-snow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Suffolk
Constituency
Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 February 2000
Type
Forge and stables
Address
Forge and Attached Stables to South West of the Old Forge, Great Ashfield
OS grid reference
TM 006 680
Coordinates
52.27409, 0.93961
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The forge and attached stables, located to the southwest of the Old Forge, date from the early 19th century. They are constructed of red brick and weather-boarded timber-frame on a moulded brick plinth, with a slate roof over the forge and adjoining stable, and a pantile roof over the stable beyond. The forge features two brick stacks, one of which is truncated, and is a single storey.

The forge has a front window with shutters and eight narrow lights made of lapped glass. There are stable doors at either end, with a small window in the left gable. A door on the right leads to an open-fronted traverse with a brick floor and partly timber-framed walls. The close studding is made of light scantling with long angle braces. The stable beyond has double doors, and a further stable to the far right has a door and projects forward. The rear of the stables includes additional doorways.

Inside, the remarkably unaltered forge retains two hearths—one with intact bellows and the other with bellows disconnected on one side—along with various fixed benches, shelves, and machinery. The stables have brick floors and close studded framing of light scantling, with low-pitched roofs featuring clasped purlins and collars. These buildings are little altered and form a cohesive group with The Old Forge and Willowside.

Local climate

Forge and Attached Stables to South West of the Old Forge sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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