The Forge is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1986. House.

The Forge

WRENN ID
calm-gable-flax
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Oxfordshire
Constituency
Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 January 1986
Type
House
Address
The Forge, Honey Lane, Cholsey
OS grid reference
SU 588 863
Coordinates
51.57325, -1.15194
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Forge is a 17th-century house located on the east side of Honey Lane in Cholsey. It features roughcast exterior, likely built on timber framing, and has an old plain-tile roof with a rendered ridge stack positioned to the right of the center. The building is two stories high and has a four-window range that runs at right angles to the street. There is a sash door located to the left of the center, and all openings have 20th-century wooden casements. The rear of the house shows timber framing with painted brick infill. Inside, the property boasts extensive beaming.

Local climate

The 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 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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