The Old Forge is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1987. House.

The Old Forge

WRENN ID
last-rubblework-wren
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 November 1987
Type
House
Address
The Old Forge, Graffham, Chichester
OS grid reference
SU 916 207
Coordinates
50.97846, -0.69655
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Forge is an 18th-century house located in South Ambersham, Graffham. The building features a ground floor made of stone rubble, with red brick dressings and quoins, while the upper floor is tile-hung. It has a hipped tiled roof and stands two storeys tall, with a total of six windows.

Local climate

The Old Forge receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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