The Forge is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1980. Forge. 2 related planning applications.
The Forge
- WRENN ID
- grey-parapet-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Reading West and Mid Berkshire MP: Olivia Bailey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1980
- Type
- Forge
- Address
- The Forge, A340, Tidmarsh, RG8 8ER
- OS grid reference
- SU 635 747
- Coordinates
- 51.46804, -1.08695
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Forge is a building dating from around 1700, with 20th-century additions. It features a timber frame that has been faced with later red brick. The roof is covered with old tiles, and there is a gabled semi-dormer on the left side that has planted timbers and a two-leaf door, with the bottom leaf boarded and the top leaf glazed. There is a 20th-century ridge stack that is off-centre to the left, and another ridge stack on the wing to the right at the rear. The gable end to the right has 20th-century waney edged weatherboarding. Originally, the building had an L-plan with three framed bays and is one storey high. On the right side, there are two casements flanking an off-centre two-leaf boarded door. To the left, there is a 20th-century brick addition with a tile roof and an end stack to the left, also one storey high, featuring two 2-light leaded casements flanking a one-light leaded casement. Inside, there is one queen post and one queen strut truss, and some forge equipment remains.
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 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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 — 6 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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