The Old Forge is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Sussex local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1985. Forge. 7 related planning applications.
The Old Forge
- WRENN ID
- slow-corbel-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Sussex
- Constituency
- Mid Sussex MP: Alison Bennett (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 1985
- Type
- Forge
- Address
- The Old Forge, 2, Denman's Lane, Lindfield, RH16 2LB
- OS grid reference
- TQ 346 254
- Coordinates
- 51.01251, -0.08181
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Forge is a probable early 19th-century forge located on Denman’s Lane in Lindfield. It is constructed of red brick with a plain tile roof and a tile ridge. The building is single-storied. The front, facing the lane, has a variety of openings, including a stable door to the left of centre, flanked by large square windows set under the eaves. To the right are two small windows with splayed brick heads. At the rear is a short, tapering brick chimney of square plan, topped with a cornice. The interior is believed to have been altered. The building is included on the list as a relatively rare, externally unaltered example of a forge.
Local climate
The Old Forge receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 7 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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