Forge Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Tonbridge and Malling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 May 1984. Cottage.
Forge Cottages
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Constituency
- Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 May 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Forge Cottages, 2 and 4, Basted Lane, Platt
- OS grid reference
- TQ 618 555
- Coordinates
- 51.27648, 0.31877
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Forge Cottages is a pair of cottages dating from the early 19th century. The ground floor is constructed of red brick, while the first floor is tile-hung. The roof is half-hipped and covered with plain tiles, featuring two off-centre off-ridge stacks. The cottages are two storeys high and have a three-window front, with segment head surrounds on the ground floor. The windows are 19th-century metal casements with Gothick glazing, except for one window on the first floor. The entrances are located at each end, with a 19th-century gabled weather porch on the left side for No 4 and a 20th-century gabled weather porch on the right side for No 2. These cottages are included in the listing as a good example of a modest domestic building of traditional regional type.
Local climate
Forge Cottages receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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