The Forge is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 July 1985. Cottage.
The Forge
- WRENN ID
- burning-sentry-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 July 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Forge, the Cross, Berwick St. John
- OS grid reference
- ST 947 223
- Coordinates
- 51.0001, -2.07611
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Forge is a detached cottage dating from the mid-18th century, with a 19th-century extension to the east. It is constructed of dressed limestone and rubble stone, featuring a half-hipped thatched roof and brick stacks. The building is one storey with an attic and has three windows. The entrance consists of a planked door with a flat wooden hood supported by wooden barleysugar posts. To the right of the door is a two-light casement window, while to the left are two additional two-light casements. The attic contains three two-light leaded casement windows. Attached to the left is the 19th-century two-storey extension, which has two-light windows and a tiled roof. The rear of the cottage features two-light casements and three eyebrow dormers similar to those at the front. Inside, the cottage has deeply chamfered beams with stepped stops.
Local climate
The Forge receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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