The Forge is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1971. Smithy, cottage. 2 related planning applications.
The Forge
- WRENN ID
- scarred-hearth-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 December 1971
- Type
- Smithy, cottage
- Address
- The Forge, School Lane, South Cerney, GL7 5TZ
- OS grid reference
- SU 047 972
- Coordinates
- 51.67377, -1.93253
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Forge is a house, originally a smithy and adjoining cottage, likely dating from the early 18th century and restored in the late 20th century. It is constructed of random coursed rubble stone with a stone slate roof, and has renewed stone ridge and end stacks. The building is a long, single-story range with an attic, and includes a smaller, single-story wing that was originally a separate forge. The main part of the building is divided into three sections, with the left-hand section being blind. The central section features two hipped dormers in the eaves and two 2-light windows below, all with 20th-century casement and vent windows. A central 20th-century six-panel door is set within a hipped porch hood. The right-hand section has a hipped dormer and a 3-light window below, both with concrete lintels. A single casement window is present on the street gable of the original forge. To the far left is a decorative wrought-iron gate, approximately door height, bearing the initials "AHP" and the date "1939".
Local climate
The Forge receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 2024
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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