The Old Forge is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1952. House. 3 related planning applications.
The Old Forge
- WRENN ID
- final-latch-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Forge, 22, Aldsworth, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL54 3QP
- OS grid reference
- SP 155 099
- Coordinates
- 51.78826, -1.77543
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Forge is a detached house dating from the late 18th to early 19th century. It is constructed of coursed squared and dressed limestone with a stone slate roof, and features a corrugated-iron single-storey outbuilding that extends from the rear right and at the back of the smithy. The building has ashlar stacks, along with one 20th-century artificial stack.
The main structure is rectangular, with a two-storey, two-windowed facade for the house section. The ground floor has three-light stone-mullioned casements, while the first floor features two-light stone-mullioned casements, some of which still have their glazing bars. Both floors are adorned with stopped hoods over the windows. The central entrance consists of a five-panel front door set within a dressed stone surround. The smithy has a top-opening window with glazing bars and double plank doors located at the far right. The gable ends have flat coping and gable-end stacks, while the smithy has an axial stack.
The interior has not been inspected.
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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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