The Forge is a Grade II listed building in the Chichester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 April 1980. Forge.
The Forge
- WRENN ID
- long-glass-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chichester
- Constituency
- Chichester MP: Jess Brown-Fuller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 April 1980
- Type
- Forge
- Address
- The Forge, Farm Lane, Southbourne
- OS grid reference
- SU 775 052
- Coordinates
- 50.84188, -0.89985
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Forge, also known as the Old Forge and marked on maps as the Old Smithy, is a building that dates from around 1830. Originally two cottages, it is now a single structure with two storeys and two windows. The exterior is finished in stucco and features a slate roof and casement windows. Currently, the building is empty and in a state of neglect.
Local climate
The Forge receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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