The Forge is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 November 1983. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
The Forge
- WRENN ID
- crooked-casement-grove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Reading West and Mid Berkshire MP: Olivia Bailey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 November 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Forge, Ashampstead, RG8 8QT
- OS grid reference
- SU 577 750
- Coordinates
- 51.47172, -1.1701
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Forge is a cottage located in Ashampstead, dating from the 17th century with 20th-century additions to the east. It features a timber frame with painted brick nogging and brick additions, topped with a hipped thatched roof sloping to the west, and has a stack at the rear. The building is L-shaped with three framed bays in the western arm and stands at one and a half storeys.
On the south front of the left-hand block, there is a three-light leaded casement window to the left and two two-light leaded casements to the right, with a boarded door from the 20th century positioned between the second and third windows from the left. Above the right-hand casement, there is a Sun Fire Insurance plate. The right-hand block, which is a 20th-century addition, is made of painted brick with planted timber framing and has a hipped thatched roof. It is two storeys high, featuring a two-light casement on the first floor, a one-light casement and a two-light casement on the ground floor, along with a boarded door to the left that is sheltered by a gabled thatched porch.
Local climate
The Forge sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1998
- 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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