The Old Forge is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1987. Cottage.
The Old Forge
- WRENN ID
- frozen-thatch-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Old Forge, Farmington
- OS grid reference
- SP 135 155
- Coordinates
- 51.8383, -1.80431
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Forge is a detached cottage dating from the mid-18th century. It is constructed of coursed squared and dressed limestone, featuring a concrete tile roof and ashlar stacks on the main body. The successive outbuildings to the right have stone slate and corrugated iron roofing, with a single-storey outbuilding to the left that has a corrugated iron roof, which is not of special interest.
The main facade is two storeys high with an attic, illuminated by single lights in the gable ends. It has a central 20th-century part-glazed door with glazing bars, and the two-windowed facade is lit by double-chamfered stone-mullioned casements with horizontal glazing bars. The rear wall of the main body contains 20th-century casements.
To the right of the main body is the Old Forge, which is a single-storey structure featuring a plank door on the left and fixed casements with 12 panes and 15 panes. The gable ends of the main body have stacks with moulded cappings.
Local climate
The Old 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 lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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