Forge Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1985. A C17 Farmhouse.
Forge Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- tattered-baluster-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 December 1985
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Forge Farmhouse, New Barn Road, Sutton Valence
- OS grid reference
- TQ 808 459
- Coordinates
- 51.18392, 0.58699
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Forge Farmhouse is a farmhouse that dates from the 17th century or earlier, with alterations made in the early 19th century. It is constructed with a timber frame and weatherboarding, topped with a plain tile roof. The building is positioned at right angles to the road and has two storeys. The roof is hipped, featuring a higher ridge to the left of the stack. There is a broad rear stack towards the left end and a multiple brick ridge stack located to the left of centre. The fenestration is irregular, consisting of three 2-light casements. A boarded door is situated towards the front of the left gable end. At the rear, there is a lean-to of varied width. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Forge Farmhouse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% 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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