Forge Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1975. Cottage.
Forge Cottage
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-gateway-jay
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 January 1975
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Forge Cottage, Penshurst
- OS grid reference
- TQ 515 411
- Coordinates
- 51.14914, 0.16483
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Forge Cottage is a restored cottage that dates back to the 16th century or earlier. It is a two-storey structure with timber framing and has undergone extensions. The garden front features a high-pitched tiled roof that is half hipped on the left side. On the right side, there is an offset end chimney surrounded by a pent kitchen extension. A modern two-storey gabled projection includes a tall five-light window and pent side extensions. The exterior is finished with weatherboarding and brick. The entrance front has two windows, with tile hanging above and brick below. Inside, there is an inglenook fireplace with old incised plaster above it, and the interior showcases much heavy exposed timber.
Local climate
Forge Cottage receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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