The Forge is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1984. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Forge
- WRENN ID
- solitary-banister-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Reading West and Mid Berkshire MP: Olivia Bailey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Forge, 15, Pangbourne Hill, RG8 7AS
- OS grid reference
- SU 633 763
- Coordinates
- 51.48266, -1.08839
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Forge is a house dating from the early 16th century, with an addition constructed in the mid-16th century. It is timber-framed with curved braces and brick nogging, some of which is painted. The ground floor on the left has been later refaced with brick, while the left-hand end features flint facing with brick dressings. The roof is tiled, with a higher pitch over the left-hand bay. A ridge stack is located off-centre to the left, at the change of level, and there's a tile-hung dormer with a 2-light leaded casement to the right. The building has three framed bays and a single-bay wing to the rear. It is 1½ storeys high on the right and 2 storeys high on the left. A blocked 3-light window from the 16th century is visible on the first floor to the left. The right side has two ground-floor 3-light casements and a blocked window to the left. A boarded door is located beneath the stack, positioned off-centre to the left, with a 19th-century gabled hood and a 2-leaf boarded door to the left. The interior features a 16th-century fireplace and chamfered beams.
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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2009
- 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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