The Old Forge is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 December 1961. Forge.
The Old Forge
- WRENN ID
- tired-rampart-nettle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- West Suffolk MP: Nick Timothy (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 December 1961
- Type
- Forge
- Address
- The Old Forge, the Green, Cavendish
- OS grid reference
- TL 805 464
- Coordinates
- 52.08656, 0.63327
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Forge is an early 19th-century building with a white brick front, originally part of an earlier timber-framed and plastered house. It has two storeys and features a two-window range with double-hung sashes that include glazing bars, set in plain reveals. The central entrance is a six-panel door framed by a wood doorcase with pilasters and a pediment. The roof is hipped and covered with tiles. This building is part of a group of listed buildings located in The Green.
Local climate
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 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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