Forge Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 June 1967. House.

Forge Farmhouse

WRENN ID
old-chimney-myrtle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tunbridge Wells
Constituency
Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 June 1967
Type
House
Address
Forge Farmhouse, Goudhurst
OS grid reference
TQ 728 358
Coordinates
51.09611, 0.4666
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Forge Farmhouse is a house that dates back to the 16th century and was clad and extended in the 18th century. It features a timber frame with a red and blue chequered brick base and tile hanging on the first floor, along with weatherboarding on the left side. The roof is plain tiled. The house has a lobby entry plan with three framed bays, extended by one bay to the left. It stands two storeys high on a plinth, with the roof line stepping down to the left, featuring a hipped double span, while the other side has a tile-hung gable.

There is a moulded stack cluster located to the centre right with angled flues and a stack projecting at the left end. On the first floor, there are three 3-light casements and one 2-light casement to the centre right, while the ground floor has two tripartite glazing bar sashes and a single glazing bar sash to the right. The main entrance, located to the centre right, is a half-glazed door set within a simple surround. To the right, there is a single-storey hipped extension with the main entrance in a hipped, columned porch. At the rear, there is a catslide outshot. Historical records indicate that a working furnace was present on this site at least since the 16th century.

Local climate

Forge Farmhouse 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 greater than that of 55% 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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