The Old Forge is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 January 1986. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Old Forge
- WRENN ID
- pale-slate-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Wycombe MP: Emma Reynolds (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 January 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Forge, Hambleden, RG9 6TD
- OS grid reference
- SU 775 902
- Coordinates
- 51.60532, -0.88138
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Forge is a house dating from the 17th to early 18th century. It is timber-framed with whitewashed brick infill and a whitewashed flint plinth. The roof is tiled, with an external chimney of whitewashed brick on the left side, and a later brick chimney to the rear right. The house has one storey and an attic, with two bays. The ground floor has 20th-century paired leaded casement windows. A central 20th-century lean-to porch features a similar casement window and door. An attic window is located in the right gable. There's a 20th-century extension to the rear. The property is included on the list for its group value.
Local climate
The Old Forge sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 2 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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