The Forge is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1983. Forge.
The Forge
- WRENN ID
- woven-slate-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Constituency
- Bath MP: Wera Hobhouse (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 October 1983
- Type
- Forge
- Address
- The Forge, Penthouse Hill, Batheaston
- OS grid reference
- ST 777 674
- Coordinates
- 51.40584, -2.32066
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Forge is a disused building located on Penthouse Hill in Batheaston. It dates back to the early 18th century but has undergone significant alterations. The structure is built of rubble with some ashlar and features a double Roman tiled roof with coped raised verges. It is a single-storey building. The left side has a large 20th-century door and casement windows, with lettered boarding above. The right side consists of four bays with a mix of window styles, including one two-light casement with a stone mullion. There is also a plank door on the right.
Local climate
The Forge receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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