Old Forge Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1983. Cottage.

Old Forge Cottage

WRENN ID
low-ashlar-dust
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Berkshire
Constituency
Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 July 1983
Type
Cottage
Address
Old Forge Cottage, Ermin Street, Woodlands St Mary, Lambourn, RG17 7BG
OS grid reference
SU 343 744
Coordinates
51.46842, -1.50699
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Old Forge Cottage is a cottage that was originally a forge, dating from the 17th or 18th century. It is constructed of brick and features a thatched hipped roof. A brick chimney is located to the left of the center of the building. The cottage is one storey with an attic. On the right side, there is a cambered headed casement window, with a simple modern porch opposite the chimney. To the far left, there are two modern casement windows and a ledged door to the right of them. A gabled dormer is positioned to the right, and there are two casements with thatch that sweeps around to the left.

Local climate

Old Forge Cottage receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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