Forge Cottage Ivy Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Chichester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1955. Cottage.

Forge Cottage Ivy Cottage

WRENN ID
shadowed-baluster-cobweb
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Chichester
Constituency
Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 February 1955
Type
Cottage
Address
Forge Cottage Ivy Cottage, Kirdford
OS grid reference
TQ 017 265
Coordinates
51.02893, -0.55035
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Forge Cottage and Ivy Cottage is a single cottage building dating from the 17th century or earlier. The north wall features exposed timber framing with plaster infilling, while the front has been re-faced with coursed Wealden sandstone. The building has a tiled roof and is two storeys high, with five casement windows and a wooden gable porch.

Local climate

Forge Cottage Ivy Cottage receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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