Forge House is a Grade II listed building in the Folkestone and Hythe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1973. House.

Forge House

WRENN ID
tattered-latch-quill
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Folkestone and Hythe
Constituency
Folkestone and Hythe MP: Tony Vaughan (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 January 1973
Type
House
Address
Forge House, 17, High Street, Lydd, TN29 9AF
OS grid reference
TR 041 208
Coordinates
50.95108, 0.90523
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Forge House is an early to mid 19th century building located on the southeast side of High Street. It is two storeys tall and has a stuccoed exterior with a tiled roof. The front features two sash windows that have verticals only. There is a central doorcase that includes a moulded architrave, a pediment, and brackets, leading to a four-panelled door. Forge House is part of a group with Nos 7 to 17 (odd).

Local climate

Forge House receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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