The Old Forge is a Grade II listed building in the North York Moors National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 October 1990. Forge.
The Old Forge
- WRENN ID
- old-chapel-wind
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North York Moors National Park
- Constituency
- Richmond and Northallerton MP: Rishi Sunak (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 October 1990
- Type
- Forge
- Address
- The Old Forge, Bilsdale Midcable, North Yorkshire
- OS grid reference
- SE 568 946
- Coordinates
- 54.34401, -1.12653
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Forge is an 18th-century building, likely dating from around 1823, that once operated using water power. Constructed from herringbone-tooled coursed sandstone, it features a pantiled roof with stone ridge, copings, and chimneys. The structure is single-storey and consists of three bays. The central entrance is designed for carts and has an overhead garage-type door, while there are blacksmith's windows on either side. The rear elevation includes a catslide extension on the right, which houses a gearhouse for machinery and a small stable at the far right. There are remains of a waterwheel attached to the gearhouse, along with fragmentary walls of a disused mill race. The building has chimneys at the center and ends. Inside, there are large fixed bellows and a furnace at each end, with a setpot and water inflow located to the right of the right-hand furnace. This forge is an unusually well-preserved example, although the original moulding house has been lost due to its incorporation into a neighboring modern house.
Local climate
The Old Forge receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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