The Old Forge is a Grade II listed building in the Basingstoke and Deane local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1984. A C18 Forge. 1 related planning application.
The Old Forge
- WRENN ID
- eternal-zinc-quill
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Basingstoke and Deane
- Constituency
- North West Hampshire MP: Kit Malthouse (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 May 1984
- Type
- Forge
- Address
- The Old Forge, Townsend Road, Baughurst, RG26 5SU
- OS grid reference
- SU 563 588
- Coordinates
- 51.32552, -1.19335
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Forge is an 18th-century building located on Townsend Road in Towns End. It features a symmetrical front with two storeys and two windows. The roof is tiled, and at each end, there are large attached tapered stacks. The walls are made of red brick in Flemish bond with blue headers, and the ground floor has Dutch flat arches. The gables are half-timbered, and there are modern casement windows. A half-glazed gabled porch sits on a low brick wall. Attached to the east end is a long, plain single-storey block made of brick and tile, which includes the window and door openings typical of a blacksmith's shop.
Local climate
The Old Forge receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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