Forge Dene is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 October 1980. A Late Medieval House. 5 related planning applications.
Forge Dene
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-tracery-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 October 1980
- Type
- House
- Period
- Late Medieval
- Address
- Forge Dene, Ashford Road, Bethersden, TN26 3AS
- OS grid reference
- TQ 929 399
- Coordinates
- 51.12657, 0.7561
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Forge Dene is a late medieval timber-framed building that was refaced in the 19th century with stucco on the ground floor and tile-hanging above. It features a steeply-pitched hipped tiled roof, which includes a 17th-century chimney stack and one dormer. The building has four casement windows and small 19th-century gables added above the first-floor windows.
Local climate
Forge Dene 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2021
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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