Forge Cottage Orchard Cottage the Former Forge is a Grade II listed building in the Wealden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 December 1982. A C18 Cottage.

Forge Cottage Orchard Cottage the Former Forge

WRENN ID
western-pinnacle-merlin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wealden
Constituency
Sussex Weald MP: Ms Nusrat Ghani (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 December 1982
Type
Cottage
Address
Forge Cottage Orchard Cottage the Former Forge, Withyham Road, Hartfield
OS grid reference
TQ 478 358
Coordinates
51.10294, 0.11086
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Orchard Cottage, Forge Cottage, and the former Forge are a group of 18th-century buildings located on Withyham Road in Hartfield. They are one storey high with an attic and feature six windows, including three gabled dormers. The buildings are faced with weather-boarding, while the former Forge is constructed of red brick. They have a half hipped tiled roof and casement windows.

Local climate

Forge Cottage Orchard Cottage the Former Forge receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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