The Old Forge the Old Forge Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Gravesham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 June 1974. Cottage, forge. 4 related planning applications.
The Old Forge the Old Forge Cottage
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-hall-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gravesham
- Constituency
- Gravesham MP: Dr Lauren Sullivan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 June 1974
- Type
- Cottage, forge
- Address
- The Old Forge the Old Forge Cottage, Wrotham Road, Meopham, DA13 0JE
- OS grid reference
- TQ 643 672
- Coordinates
- 51.38094, 0.35967
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Forge and Old Forge Cottage is a building that dates back to the late 14th century and is part of a "hall house." It stands two storeys tall and is constructed of brick and weatherboarding. The roof is half hipped and features two "eyebrow" dormers with casement windows. There is a long window located under the eaves at the south end of the building. The structure has modern additions and a 19th-century cottage at the north end. Inside, there are large timbers, a two-centred arch leading to the service doorway, and a crown post roof supported by braces, with collars that are jointed with open tenons.
Local climate
The Old Forge the Old Forge Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2018
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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