The Forge is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 June 1970. House, forge.
The Forge
- WRENN ID
- waiting-tracery-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 June 1970
- Type
- House, forge
- Address
- The Forge, 71, High Street, Thame
- OS grid reference
- SP 703 061
- Coordinates
- 51.74959, -0.98217
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Forge is a house and former forge, likely built in the late 18th century, with alterations from the 19th and 20th centuries. It has a roughcast exterior, probably over brick, and features a plain-tile roof from the 20th century. The building is two stories high and has a three-window range. There is a 20th-century sash door located to the right of the center, and to the left, there are plank double-leaf doors leading to the forge. The windows on the ground floor include 4-pane horned sashes to the left of center and to the right, while the first floor has 20th-century two-light casements. The interior has not been inspected. The Forge is included for its group value with other nearby structures.
Local climate
The Forge sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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