Forge Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Gravesham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 November 1966. A C16 Cottage.
Forge Cottage
- WRENN ID
- leaning-vestry-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gravesham
- Constituency
- Gravesham MP: Dr Lauren Sullivan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 November 1966
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Forge Cottage, Harvel Street, Meopham
- OS grid reference
- TQ 651 632
- Coordinates
- 51.34436, 0.36922
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Forge Cottage is a 16th century timber-framed "hall" house featuring plaster panels and curved braces. The building has been partially rebuilt in brick, with a buttress located at the south-east angle. It has a hipped tiled roof and casement windows. The original windows on the first floor include wood mullions and leaded lights. There is a 20th century gabled wooden porch added to the structure.
Local climate
Forge Cottage receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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 — 3 transactions since 2009
- No related consent applications matched
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