Forder Cottages Cottage Farthest (About 30 Metres) from the Splash, Including the Former Forge is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 August 1955. Cottage.

Forder Cottages Cottage Farthest (About 30 Metres) from the Splash, Including the Former Forge

WRENN ID
late-granite-vale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dartmoor National Park
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 August 1955
Type
Cottage
OS grid reference
SX 699 738
Coordinates
50.54947, -3.8365
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Forder Cottages is a cottage with a former forge located about 30 metres from the Splash in Widecombe-in-Ponsworthy. It is probably from the early 19th century and is constructed of granite rubble. The cottage is mostly thatched, but the left end has a slated roof. A projecting stone chimneystack with offsets is found in the right gable wall. The building has a single-depth plan, with the house part being two storeys tall and the forge being single storey. The house part features two windows, which are two-light casements with heavy granite lintels, located on the ground storey to the right of a plank door that has a flat hood above it. The forge to the left has a wider doorway and an additional window.

Local climate

Forder Cottages Cottage Farthest (About 30 Metres) from the Splash, Including the Former Forge receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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