Blacksmiths Cottage and Attached Forge is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 May 1986. House, forge. 8 related planning applications.
Blacksmiths Cottage and Attached Forge
- WRENN ID
- tangled-flagstone-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 May 1986
- Type
- House, forge
- Address
- Blacksmiths Cottage and Attached Forge, 11, Church Way, Grendon, NN7 1JE
- OS grid reference
- SP 878 604
- Coordinates
- 52.2348, -0.71505
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Blacksmiths Cottage and attached forge is a late 18th-century building of regular coursed limestone with slate and pantile roofs. It has a 2-unit plan and originally a 2-window front, now with C20 casements in the original openings, each beneath a wooden lintel. A central plank door is also set beneath a wooden lintel. The building has ashlar gable parapets with kneelers to the left and brick stacks at the ends. Inside, the cottage features spine beams with run-out stops, an open fireplace with a 19th-century range, and plank doors. The attached forge, located at a right angle to the right return, retains some original features.
Local climate
Blacksmiths Cottage and Attached Forge sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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 — 6 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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