The Forge is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 May 1967. House, office, forge. 2 related planning applications.
The Forge
- WRENN ID
- night-slate-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 May 1967
- Type
- House, office, forge
- Address
- The Forge, High Street, Yalding
- OS grid reference
- TQ 698 501
- Coordinates
- 51.22513, 0.43093
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Forge is a house and office building with a working forge at the rear, dating largely to the 17th century, although with a 19th-century facade. It is timber-framed with tarred weatherboarding to the majority of the front elevation and gable ends, and a central section of painted brick on the ground floor. The building is two storeys high with a cellar, and sits upon a brick plinth. It has a half-hipped roof, with multiple red and grey brick stacks towards the centre and a rear stack towards the right end. The windows are irregularly placed, with three small, widely-spaced two-light casements on the upper floor and three three-light casements on the ground floor. The front door consists of four fielded panels and two top lights, with a flat hood, and leads up three steps slightly to the right of the stack. A painted brick lean-to is attached to the left gable end. A later single-storey forge is situated at the rear to the left. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Forge receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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