The Forge House is a Grade II listed building in the Tonbridge and Malling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 April 1985. Cottage.

The Forge House

WRENN ID
tattered-nave-poplar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tonbridge and Malling
Constituency
Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 April 1985
Type
Cottage
Address
The Forge House, Forge Lane, West Peckham
OS grid reference
TQ 644 527
Coordinates
51.25038, 0.35536
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Forge House is an 18th-century cottage located on the north side of Forge Lane in West Peckham. The building features a red brick ground floor and a tile-hung first floor, topped with a plain tiled roof that has a catslide at the rear. It stands two storeys high and has two windows with casement frames. The entrance is marked by a central boarded door, which is sheltered by a tiled hood. There is a lean-to addition on the left side of the cottage.

Local climate

The Forge House 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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