The Old Forge is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 August 1974. A C16 Forge.

The Old Forge

WRENN ID
hollow-garret-ochre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 August 1974
Type
Forge
Address
The Old Forge, Bridge Street, Bradford-On-Avon
OS grid reference
ST 826 608
Coordinates
51.34647, -2.25101
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Forge is a building that possibly dates back to the 16th century, with later alterations. It features coursed rubble construction and a steep-pitched pantiled roof with eaves. The building has two storeys and two windows, which are small-paned later casements; the upper windows are positioned close to the eaves. There is a wide square-headed archway with a wooden lintel on the right side, and above it, there is a three-light stone-mullioned casement. Inside, remnants of the furnace and flue from the smithy are still present. The Old Forge is part of a group that includes Nos 12 to 14, Nos 16 to 25 on Bridge Street, and Nos 1 and 2 on St Margaret's Street.

Local climate

The Old Forge receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% 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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