The Forge is a Grade II listed building in the Basingstoke and Deane local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1984. Residential. 2 related planning applications.

The Forge

WRENN ID
ruined-garret-meadow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Basingstoke and Deane
Constituency
North East Hampshire MP: Alex Brewer (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 October 1984
Type
Residential
Address
The Forge, Bidden Road, Upton Grey, RG25 2RL
OS grid reference
SU 699 482
Coordinates
51.229, -0.99929
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This late 18th-century forge is two storeys high with three window bays. It has an old tile roof that is half-hipped to the south-east and fully hipped to the north-west, and a large square brick stack. The walls are red brick in a Flemish bond pattern, with cambered ground-floor openings. Casement windows are present, with one blank side wall facing the roadway. More recently, a modern brick and tile porch has been added along with a two-storey rear extension built to match the original building's style.

Local climate

The 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 lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2011
  • 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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