The Forge is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1984. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Forge
- WRENN ID
- sacred-basalt-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Buckingham and Bletchley MP: Callum Anderson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 July 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Forge, Stewkley Road, Soulbury, LU7 0DH
- OS grid reference
- SP 881 272
- Coordinates
- 51.93661, -0.71898
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of houses located on the west side of Soulbury High Road. The original part dates from the mid-18th century, with a later addition made in the 19th century. The left-hand section is built of chequer brick with a bank course and originally had a thatched roof. The right-hand section is of red brick with a tiled roof, which extends over a lower pitch to match the earlier section. A moulded plinth runs along part of the building. Brick chimneys are present to the left and centre.
The houses are arranged over one storey and an attic. The windows are irregular; a four-light leaded casement with a segmental head is found in the left bay, a single barred wooden casement in the second bay, and 20th-century leaded casements to the right, set within gabled eaves-line dormers. A blocked doorway lies between the right-hand bays, now filled with a 20th-century paired leaded casement. Two 20th-century doors are located in the centre, the left one within a gabled timber porch. 20th-century extensions have been added to the rear.
Local climate
The Forge sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 — 1 transaction since 2016
- 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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