Barford Forge is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 December 1986. Forge. 1 related planning application.

Barford Forge

WRENN ID
turning-pedestal-gilt
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 December 1986
Type
Forge
Address
Barford Forge, Wilton Road, Barford St. Martin, SP3 4AD
OS grid reference
SU 057 313
Coordinates
51.08158, -1.91863
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Barford Forge is a semi-detached house that was originally two cottages, dating back to the 17th century. The building features painted dressed limestone and timber-framing with brick nogging, topped by a half-hipped thatched roof and a brick axial stack. The entrance is located on the left side of the building.

The house is two stories high and has three windows, all of which are small-paned with glazing bars. The ground floor facing the road has three 2-light casements, with two of them located in blocked doorways on the left. The timber-framed section on the right has a 2-light casement, and there is a catslide roof over the former forge, which now has 20th-century casements. An eyebrow dormer on the left side features a 2-light casement, while there is another 2-light casement in the timber-framed section and a raking dormer on the right.

The left side of the building has a 20th-century gabled porch and additional 2-light casements. At the rear, there is a single-storey 20th-century extension with a hipped roof, 2-light casements, and eyebrow dormers. Inside, the property is said to have two back-to-back open fireplaces and chamfered beams.

Local climate

Barford Forge receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2003
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • 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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