The Old Forge and the Old Plough is a Grade II listed building in the Test Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1986. A C17 Cottage. 1 related planning application.
The Old Forge and the Old Plough
- WRENN ID
- high-ledge-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Test Valley
- Constituency
- Romsey and Southampton North MP: Caroline Nokes (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 February 1986
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Old Forge and the Old Plough, High Street, Broughton, SO20 8AE
- OS grid reference
- SU 308 330
- Coordinates
- 51.09574, -1.56153
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Forge and The Old Plough are a row of cottages with a 17th-century core, significantly altered and refaced in the 18th century. The building is constructed of brick, with some decorative chequerwork, and has an old plain tile roof. The original core is most visible in the right-hand part (The Old Plough), which is three bays wide. The left bay is narrower, and the section to the left (The Forge) is two bays wide with a rear wing extending from the right bay. The left-hand cottage has a central, top-lit six-panel door sheltered by a flat hood. There are 16-pane sash windows, set within rubbed brick surrounds, on each floor. The right-hand cottage features a four-panel door, flanked by bays and a flat hood, with 19th-century sash windows in rendered surrounds, each with a small four-light window above. The narrow left bay has a two-light casement window on each floor, not aligned with the roof, which is half-hipped to the left. The roof has an external end stack on the left, a stack at the right end, and a large ridge stack over the narrow bay. A diamond pattern is visible in the newer roof tiles.
Local climate
The Old Forge and the Old Plough 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 — 1 transaction since 1996
- 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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