Forge Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the New Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 February 1987. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.
Forge Cottage
- WRENN ID
- eastward-mortar-marsh
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- New Forest
- Constituency
- New Forest West MP: Sir Desmond Swayne (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 February 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Forge Cottage, Fordingbridge, SP6 2HA
- OS grid reference
- SU 150 127
- Coordinates
- 50.91383, -1.78716
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Forge Cottage is an 18th-century cottage located in Fordingbridge, Bickton. It is constructed of brick and has a thatched roof. The cottage is one-and-a-half stories high with two bays, and an outshot to the rear. The front elevation has a swept-down hood on posts over a planked door, positioned to the right of centre. A single light window is to the right of the door, and a two-light camber-headed casement window is to the left. Above the left-hand window is a two-light eyebrow dormer. The roof is hipped to the right and has a stack on the hip, along with a stack on the left-hand end.
Local climate
Forge Cottage receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2021
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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