The Old Forge is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1974. Industrial building. 2 related planning applications.
The Old Forge
- WRENN ID
- gentle-panel-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 October 1974
- Type
- Industrial building
- Address
- The Old Forge, 47, Friday Street, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 1AN
- OS grid reference
- SU 762 825
- Coordinates
- 51.53655, -0.9021
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Forge is a late 16th century to early 17th century industrial building located on the north side of Friday Street. It is timber framed with red brick infilling, featuring a ground floor made of red brick with flint panels and an old tiled roof. Originally used as a forge and reportedly also as a tannery, it has since been converted into a house. The building stands two storeys high and has eight windows in total, which are leaded casements of one, two, and three lights, mostly of reproduction design. There is a reproduction Tudor arched door and a similar garage door set beneath a re-used old timber lintel. The Old Forge is listed as Grade II for its group value, as it is part of a collection of buildings that includes Nos 5 to 35 (odd), and 45 to 65 (odd) Old Timbers, Friday Cottage, No 73, and others in the vicinity.
Local climate
The Old Forge sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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