The Old Forge is a Grade II listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1988. A Georgian House. 6 related planning applications.
The Old Forge
- WRENN ID
- spare-vestry-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Teignbridge
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1988
- Type
- House
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- The Old Forge, Kenn, EX6 7UH
- OS grid reference
- SX 921 854
- Coordinates
- 50.6591, -3.5276
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Forge is probably an 18th-century house, substantially renovated in the 20th century. It was originally a forge. The house is constructed of whitewashed rendered cob and stone with a thatched roof, gabled at the left end and half-hipped at the end of a wing. There are end chimney stacks to both the wing and the main range. The building has an L-shaped plan, consisting of two single-depth blocks set at right angles to one another. The main range, facing the road, contains a single room. The wing, set end-on to the road, features a fireplace with a bread oven. A front door is located in the angle between the main range and the wing. The exterior has an asymmetrical 1:1 window front, with a single window in the end of the wing. A thatched porch is situated on posts to the right of the main block. The windows are 20th-century small-pane timber casements. The interior has been largely modernized, with the wing retaining a chamfered crossbeam, a rebuilt fireplace with a separate bread oven, and a plank door leading to the stair. The building forms a group with Rollestone Cottages, the Ley Arms, and Youngs Farmhouse.
Local climate
The Old Forge receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2004
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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