The Old Forge is a Grade II listed building in the Tonbridge and Malling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 August 1952. Farmhouse. 4 related planning applications.
The Old Forge
- WRENN ID
- eastward-mortar-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Constituency
- Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 August 1952
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- The Old Forge, School Road, Ightham, TN15 9AA
- OS grid reference
- TQ 593 565
- Coordinates
- 51.28623, 0.28395
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Forge is a farmhouse that dates back to the 16th century and has undergone significant alterations. The building features a ground floor that is partly painted and partly made of exposed red brick, while the first floor showcases exposed timber-framing with plaster infilling. It has a plain tiled roof, which includes a large ribbed side stack on the left and a ridge stack in the center. The structure is L-shaped, with a hipped gable wing to the left and jettied eaves supported by exposed joists and brackets. The building stands two storeys high and has an irregular arrangement of windows, with four casements on the first floor to the right and two on the ground floor, along with one window on each floor beneath the gable. A door is located in a brick and tile-hung lean-to extension at the extreme right, which was originally the forge.
Local climate
The Old Forge 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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