Garage at the Old Forge is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1984. Garage. 1 related planning application.
Garage at the Old Forge
- WRENN ID
- patient-chamber-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Aylesbury MP: Laura Kyrke-Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 July 1984
- Type
- Garage
- Address
- Garage at the Old Forge, Dark Lane, Wingrave with Rowsham, HP22 4PD
- OS grid reference
- SP 870 190
- Coordinates
- 51.86322, -0.73779
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Forge garage dates from the 15th to early 16th century and has been altered since. The gable facing the street features a cruck truss and timber frame, with 20th-century brick infill. Some original timber framing appears in the left side wall, while the remainder of the walls are brick. The roof is tiled. The garage is a one-story, two-bay structure. It contains one later roof truss with raking queen posts.
Local climate
Garage at the Old 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 — 5 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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