The Old Forge is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 October 1988. Forge.
The Old Forge
- WRENN ID
- bitter-forge-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Camborne and Redruth MP: Perran Moon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 October 1988
- Type
- Forge
- Address
- The Old Forge, St. Agnes
- OS grid reference
- SW 719 447
- Coordinates
- 50.25833, -5.20011
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Forge is a building that was likely originally used as a workshop for Wheal Rose Mine, dating from the early 19th century. It features painted rubble walls and a bitumen grouted scantle slate roof, which is sagging. There is a brick chimney on the left-hand gable end, while the chimney on the other gable end has been removed. The building has a rectangular plan and is a single storey with unaltered elevations. The front wall includes a wide central doorway and a window on the left. Inside, the walls are lime-washed, and the original roof structure remains, but there are no surviving fittings.
Local climate
The Old Forge receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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