Forge Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1981. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
Forge Cottage
- WRENN ID
- second-ashlar-thunder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 August 1981
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Forge Cottage, Cuckmere Valley, Wealden, BN25 4AL
- OS grid reference
- TV 523 997
- Coordinates
- 50.77689, 0.1597
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Forge Cottage, originally two cottages, dates from the 18th century. It is two storeys high and has two windows on the north portion, which is faced with flints and features red brick dressings and quoins. The roof is hipped and tiled, and the windows are casement style. The south portion has been modernised, with the first floor being tile-hung and featuring three windows.
Local climate
Forge Cottage receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2008
- 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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