Forge Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Rother local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 May 1987. House. 2 related planning applications.

Forge Cottages

WRENN ID
woven-vault-russet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rother
Constituency
Bexhill and Battle MP: Dr Kieran Mullan (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 May 1987
Type
House
Address
Forge Cottages, 1, 2 and 3, Main Street, Beckley, TN31 6RS
OS grid reference
TQ 846 236
Coordinates
50.98293, 0.629
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Forge Cottages comprise a building dating from the 18th century, situated on the south side of Main Street in Beckley. It is a two-storey structure with five windows. The ground floor is built of red brick with grey headers, while the upper floor is tile-hung and partially painted. The roof is tiled. Casement windows are present throughout. Number 1 has two bays on the ground floor.

Local climate

Forge Cottages 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 greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2014
  • 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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