The Old Forge is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1974. House.
The Old Forge
- WRENN ID
- under-iron-tarn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- West Suffolk MP: Nick Timothy (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1974
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Forge, Silver Street, Kedington, CB9 7QG
- OS grid reference
- TL 705 466
- Coordinates
- 52.09184, 0.48845
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Forge is a 17th century timber-framed and plastered house located on Silver Street in Kedington. It has been renovated in the 20th century and stands two storeys high with a three-window range featuring 20th century casements. The central door, designed in a Tudor style, is flanked by a flat hood supported by brackets. The roof is thatched and raised over the central part of the building, which also has a central red brick square chimney stack. The Old Forge is part of a group that includes The Old Stores, Kimcot, The Cottage, Vine Cottage, Brook Cottage, and Dingle Dell Cottage.
Local climate
The Old 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 lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% 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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