The Old Forge is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 May 1984. A Georgian House. 1 related planning application.
The Old Forge
- WRENN ID
- white-basalt-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Peak District National Park
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 May 1984
- Type
- House
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- The Old Forge, Main Street, Winster, Derbyshire Dales, DE4 2DH
- OS grid reference
- SK 242 605
- Coordinates
- 53.14191, -1.63951
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Forge is an 18th-century house located on the north side of Main Street in the parish of Winster. It is constructed from rubble limestone and gritstone, featuring gritstone dressings, projecting quoins, coved eaves, coped gables, end ridge stacks, and a Welsh slate roof. The building is two storeys high and has three bays, with 2-light flush mullioned windows set in projecting stone frames. On the ground floor, there is a 3-light mullioned window at the east end. The windows are modern casements with leaded lights. The central doorway has a quoined surround and features a modern panelled door with a rectangular fanlight above. To the west of the current door, there is a blocked doorway that is lower and has a massive lintel with a quoined surround.
Local climate
The Old Forge receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- 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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