The Old Forge is a Grade II listed building in the Test Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1984. Cottage. 9 related planning applications.
The Old Forge
- WRENN ID
- old-keystone-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Test Valley
- Constituency
- Romsey and Southampton North MP: Caroline Nokes (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 November 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Old Forge, the Square, Nether Wallop, SO20 8EX
- OS grid reference
- SU 301 365
- Coordinates
- 51.12711, -1.57012
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Forge is a 17th-century cottage that has been altered in the late 20th century. It features a timber-frame structure with colourwashed brick infill and additional elements. The building is 1½ storeys high and consists of three bays plus a smoke/passage bay. There is a 20th-century outshot porch at the front of the narrow bay. The left bay includes a small canted bay with four lights, while the left bay has a three-light and a two-light casement, and the right bay has a two-light casement. Additionally, there are three three-light casements in eyebrow dormers. The roof is half-hipped, with a ridge piece and a stack located to the right of the centre above the door.
Local climate
The Old Forge receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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 — 8 transactions since 1996
- 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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