Forge Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Wokingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1983. House. 2 related planning applications.
Forge Cottage
- WRENN ID
- nether-niche-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wokingham
- Constituency
- Earley and Woodley MP: Yuan Yang (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 October 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- Forge Cottage, Pearson Road, Sonning, RG4 6UH
- OS grid reference
- SU 757 754
- Coordinates
- 51.47257, -0.91005
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Forge Cottage is a house that dates from the 17th century and was altered in the early 18th century. It features a 'baffle entry' design and is built over two storeys with a combination of brick and timber framing, showcasing a Queen post roof visible in the gable ends. The roof is covered with old tiles and there is a central chimney.
The north front has two bays, with the left bay featuring three-light leaded casement windows; the ground floor windows have segmental heads, while there is a similar window above on the upper floor to the right. The central door is ledged and sits under a flat hood supported by cut brackets. At the rear, there is an outshut and a two-storey brick gabled extension from the 19th century. Additionally, there is a four-light leaded window on the ground floor of the west gable, which dates from the 20th century.
Local climate
Forge Cottage 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 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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
- No sale records on file
- 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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