Forge 10 Metres South of Old Timbers is a Grade II listed building in the New Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 January 1984. A C18 Smithy.
Forge 10 Metres South of Old Timbers
- WRENN ID
- inner-lead-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- New Forest
- Constituency
- New Forest West MP: Sir Desmond Swayne (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 January 1984
- Type
- Smithy
- OS grid reference
- SU 114 180
- Coordinates
- 50.96209, -1.83838
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building is a smithy located 10 meters south of Old Timbers in Rockbourne, dating from the 18th century. It is constructed of brick, with some blue bricks, and features a thatched roof. The building has two bays and is a single storey. The end facing the road has a door opening and two-light leaded casement windows. On the side, there is another door and two similar windows. The roof is hipped with a stack over the far bay. Inside, the forge hearth remains unaltered.
Local climate
Forge 10 Metres South of Old Timbers 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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