Forge Stores is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 October 1980. Store.

Forge Stores

WRENN ID
weathered-attic-scarlet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ashford
Constituency
Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 October 1980
Type
Store
Address
Forge Stores, the Street, Great Chart with Singleton, TN23 3AH
OS grid reference
TQ 983 422
Coordinates
51.14496, 0.83377
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Forge Stores is a 17th century or earlier timber-framed building that has been refaced. The north-east side is finished with red brick, while the south-west side features red brick on the ground floor and tile-hanging above. The south-east side has a modern shop front. The building is one storey with attics and has a hipped tiled roof with two gabled dormers. There are two casement windows and a 19th century porch with a shaped Dutch gable.

Local climate

Forge Stores sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% 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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