The Old Forge is a Grade II listed building in the Test Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 April 1985. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
The Old Forge
- WRENN ID
- open-landing-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Test Valley
- Constituency
- Romsey and Southampton North MP: Caroline Nokes (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 April 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Old Forge, Upper Clatford, SP11 7QT
- OS grid reference
- SU 354 436
- Coordinates
- 51.19128, -1.49339
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Forge is a cottage dating from the 18th century, with some restoration carried out in the 20th century. It features painted brick walls and a thatched roof. The building is positioned at right angles to the roadway and has a front (south) elevation that is one storey high with an attic, containing three windows above five. The roof is both hipped and half-hipped, with the eaves raised above two upper windows. The windows are casements, and there is a 20th-century porch that also has a thatched roof.
Local climate
The Old Forge receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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
- 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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