The Forge is a Grade II listed building in the Wokingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 December 1983. Workshop. 1 related planning application.
The Forge
- WRENN ID
- idle-attic-briar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wokingham
- Constituency
- Wokingham MP: Clive Jones (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 December 1983
- Type
- Workshop
- Address
- The Forge, Bath Road, Wargrave, RG10 9SG
- OS grid reference
- SU 813 784
- Coordinates
- 51.49936, -0.82985
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Forge, now a workshop, dates to the 18th and 19th centuries and has been altered since its original construction. It is built of painted brick with a hipped roof covered in old tiles, and features a tall forge chimney on the left side. The building has an L-shaped layout and adjoins Lavender Cottage, which is also listed. The front, facing the road, has two 20th-century fixed light windows in older frames, and a pair of ledged, braced, and battened doors. Inside, the original queen strut roof remains, although it has been altered in places, and original horse tethering rings are visible on the rear wall. The Forge is included on the list for its historical significance and contribution to the surrounding group of buildings.
Local climate
The Forge sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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 — 2 transactions since 2011
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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