The Old Forge is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1990. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
The Old Forge
- WRENN ID
- plain-joist-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1990
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Old Forge, Kingston, TQ7 4PT
- OS grid reference
- SX 640 479
- Coordinates
- 50.31587, -3.91124
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Forge is a cottage that was once part of a pair and served as the village forge. It likely has origins from the 16th century but mainly features from the 18th or 19th century. The building is constructed of rendered cob or rubble with a thatched roof, and there is a one-storey extension to the left, which is the forge, covered with a slate roof.
The main building has a gabled wing that is brought forward at the right end and was formerly a two-storey porch. It is two storeys high with two windows on the ground floor and one on the first floor, primarily featuring 2-light glazing-bar casements, although there is a 3-light window on the first floor to the left. A larger 2-light casement is centered on the main block and is sheltered by a thatched hood, with a former doorway flanked by a part-height raking buttress. The upper windows have eyebrow detailing.
The porch wing contains a small 2-light window above a larger casement, which was once a door; the current door is now located on the left side of the porch. There is a large stack to the right, mainly associated with The Farriers. To the left, the former forge is a single-storey unit with two windows, featuring cross-mullioned 19th-century windows and a high brick stack. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Old Forge receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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 2022
- 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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