Forge House and Railed Forecourt is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1989. House.

Forge House and Railed Forecourt

WRENN ID
grey-bailey-primrose
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tunbridge Wells
Constituency
Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 June 1989
Type
House
Address
Forge House and Railed Forecourt, the Plain, Goudhurst
OS grid reference
TQ 722 377
Coordinates
51.11281, 0.45933
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Forge House is an 18th-century house located on the east side of The Plain in Goudhurst. The building features red and blue chequered brick on the ground floor and is tile hung on the first floor, topped with a plain tiled roof. It is two storeys high with a half-hipped roof and a central chimney stack. The façade includes two three-light and one two-light metal and wooden casement windows, with an additional casement to the left on the ground floor. The central entrance consists of a half-glazed door with a flat hood above, and there is a boarded door to the right. The property has a railed front yard, with a wall that ramps up to the left, featuring spear-head nuts and principals, along with a simple central gate that has a dog-rail.

Local climate

Forge House and Railed Forecourt 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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