The Forge is a Grade II listed building in the Tonbridge and Malling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 May 1984. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
The Forge
- WRENN ID
- leaning-bonework-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Constituency
- Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 May 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Forge, Taylor's Lane, Trottiscliffe, ME19 5DS
- OS grid reference
- TQ 641 599
- Coordinates
- 51.31538, 0.35371
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Forge is a cottage dating from the 18th century. It is constructed of red brick with blue headers, set on a random rubble plinth. The building features moulded eaves with a bracketed gutter and has a plain tiled roof that is half-hipped to the right. There is an end stack to the left and a catslide extension at the rear. The cottage is two storeys high and has a two-window front. The first-floor windows are large wooden casements, while the ground-floor windows are smaller with segment heads. The central door, which is from the 19th century, is half-glazed and panelled, and it has a 20th-century sloping hood supported by timber.
Local climate
The Forge receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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