Forge House is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. House. 6 related planning applications.
Forge House
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-truss-scarlet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- Forge House, 30, North End, Ditchling, Lewes, BN6 8TF
- OS grid reference
- TQ 326 155
- Coordinates
- 50.92379, -0.11426
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Forge House, formerly known as Pear Tree Cottage or Ricksteddle, is a 16th-century timber-framed building. It has undergone alterations over time, with the east side now featuring a red brick ground floor and tile-hung upper section, while the west end is stuccoed. The building is covered by a steeply-pitched hipped tile roof. It has casement windows, and presents two storeys with three windows visible from the front. The original timber frame is visible behind plaster infilling.
Local climate
Forge House receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2006
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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