The Forge is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 July 1985. Cottage. 5 related planning applications.
The Forge
- WRENN ID
- noble-belfry-ivory
- 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, 1, the Street, Chilmark
- OS grid reference
- ST 968 326
- Coordinates
- 51.09345, -2.04594
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Forge is a cottage with an attached disused forge, dating from around 1700, with the forge added in the 19th century. It is built of dressed limestone and has a corrugated iron roof, which was formerly thatched, along with gable end brick stacks. The building is two stories high and features two windows on the front. There is a central planked door set in a stone chamfered case, with a 2-light recessed chamfered mullioned window to the right and a 3-light recessed chamfered mullioned window to the left. On the first floor, there are a 3-light and a 2-light mullioned window. The roof has stone coped verges.
On the left side of the building, there is a 1-light recessed chamfered window on the ground, first, and attic floors. The right side has a 2-light mullioned window in the attic. The rear of the building features mullioned windows and a chamfered central doorcase, which is now part of a 20th-century extension. Inside, there is a central through passage, chamfered beams with stepped stops, an open fireplace with a chamfered lintel on stone jambs, and planked doors. The forge area includes a planked stable door on the left, a wooden shuttered window, and double sliding doors on rollers, with a tiled roof and a brick stack.
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 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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