Forge Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Horsham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 May 1980. Cottages.

Forge Cottages

WRENN ID
upper-chimney-ebony
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Horsham
Constituency
Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 May 1980
Type
Cottages
Address
Forge Cottages, 5 and 7, Lower Street, Pulborough, RH20 2BH
OS grid reference
TQ 046 185
Coordinates
50.9569, -0.51176
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Forge Cottages is an L-shaped block located behind No 3 on Lower Street in Pulborough. It dates from the 17th century or earlier and is two storeys high with three windows. The building is constructed of stone rubble with red brick dressings and quoins, topped by a tiled roof. There is one gabled dormer on the north wing, and the windows are casement style.

Local climate

Forge Cottages receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% 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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