The Forge is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1975. Forge. 6 related planning applications.
The Forge
- WRENN ID
- calm-corbel-hyssop
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 January 1975
- Type
- Forge
- Address
- The Forge, the Green, Leigh, TN11 8QR
- OS grid reference
- TQ 549 465
- Coordinates
- 51.19715, 0.21569
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Forge is a mid-to-late 19th-century building, originally situated on Leigh Green (now Forge Square), north side. It has undergone name changes, previously known as The Old Forge on the High Street (north side). The building is open to the roof internally, featuring a central furnace. It has a high-pitched, half-hipped tiled roof with two pent dormers. A gable on the right side slopes down to a pent, and there is a single-story side piece. The structure is timber-framed with brick-filled lower parts and plastering above. A double door is centrally located under the right gable, flanked by windows. A wide, four-light, square-paned window is located in the left part of the building. The Forge is part of a group with South View (Nos. 1 to 7), Forge Square, and Forge House.
Local climate
The Forge receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 1999
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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