The Old Forge is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 July 1967. House. 1 related planning application.
The Old Forge
- WRENN ID
- tired-footing-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Peak District National Park
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 July 1967
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Forge, Greaves Lane, Ashford in the Water, Derbyshire Dales, DE45 1QH
- OS grid reference
- SK 196 697
- Coordinates
- 53.2247, -1.70685
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Forge is a house dating from the early 19th century. It is constructed of coursed limestone rubble with gritstone dressings and features a stone slate roof. The building has brick gable end and central ridge stacks. It stands two storeys high and has two bays. There are two adjoining flush doorcases on the south side, with a plank door at the southernmost point that leads to a passage through the building. To the north, there is a panelled door, and beyond this, a 2-light flush mullion window with plain sashes. Above, there are two similar windows at the eaves. The building is included in the register for its group value only.
Local climate
The Old Forge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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
- 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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