Old Forge Cottage and Forge is a Grade II listed building in the New Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 February 1987. House, smithy. 9 related planning applications.

Old Forge Cottage and Forge

WRENN ID
hollow-moulding-lark
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
House, smithy
Address
Old Forge Cottage and Forge, Salisbury Road, Breamore, SP6 2EA
OS grid reference
SU 158 179
Coordinates
50.96109, -1.77575
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Old Forge Cottage and Forge is a 17th-century timber-frame house with some 18th-century brick cladding and a 19th-century extension. The walls are a mix of exposed timber framing with brick infill and brickwork in a Flemish bond pattern, featuring blue headers, with a cement plinth. The house has a thatched roof, hipped at the south end, while the forge has a slate roof. The house section is two stories high with three windows, featuring casement windows. A boarded door is set within a plain frame. The forge contains 19th-century features.

Local climate

Old Forge Cottage and Forge receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% 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 — 3 transactions since 2002
  • Related listed building consents — 9 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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