Forge House and Barrow House and Railings to North is a Grade II listed building in the Swale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1984. Residential. 8 related planning applications.
Forge House and Barrow House and Railings to North
- WRENN ID
- sacred-loggia-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swale
- Constituency
- Sittingbourne and Sheppey MP: Kevin McKenna (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 November 1984
- Type
- Residential
- Address
- Forge House and Barrow House and Railings to North, the Street, Borden, ME9 8JN
- OS grid reference
- TQ 882 629
- Coordinates
- 51.33445, 0.70146
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Forge House and Barrow House, along with the railings to the north, were built in 1823. They are constructed of white brick with a slate roof and feature two storeys above a basement, topped with a hipped roof that has four evenly spaced stacks. The front of the building has a regular arrangement of six glazing bar sash windows on the first floor, which have cambered and gauged heads, and four glazing bar sash windows with gauged basket arches on the ground floor. There are two six-panelled doors on either side, each with semi-circular traceried fanlights set in gauged arched surrounds at the top of a flight of two steps.
Inside, the meeting rooms of the Barrow's Trust are preserved, featuring a marble fireplace, panelled walls, and a carved and moulded frieze. The forecourt is enclosed by fleur-de-lys iron railings that are 30 yards in length. The rear elevation has a plaque that reads: "Erected By Mr. Barrow's Trustees Richard Tylden Esq. William Bland Jnr. Esq. Revd. R.O. Tylden William Baldwin Esq. 1823". The Trust continues to maintain charitable functions and holds meetings in the assembly rooms.
Local climate
Forge House and Barrow House and Railings to North 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 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- Related listed building consents — 8 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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