Forge Approximately 20 Metres West of Cross Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 May 1967. Forge.
Forge Approximately 20 Metres West of Cross Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- empty-chancel-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Corby and East Northamptonshire MP: Lee Barron (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 May 1967
- Type
- Forge
- OS grid reference
- SP 917 973
- Coordinates
- 52.56587, -0.64832
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building is a forge, now disused, located approximately 20 meters west of Cross Farmhouse. It dates from the late 18th century to early 19th century and incorporates medieval masonry. The structure is made of squared coursed limestone and features a Collyweston slate roof. It has a U-shaped plan and is a single storey.
The center of the forge has a one-window range with a casement opening that includes a wooden shutter, all under a wooden lintel. The gabled roof is topped with a reset medieval octagonal chimney stack, which has a square base at one end. This stack features alternate gabled openings with one or two lights and a spirelet above, adorned with four small gabled openings and a crocketted finial. At the other end, there is a 20th-century brick stack.
To the left, a bay breaks forward with a half-hipped roof, and there is a cart entrance in the return wall. The bay to the right also breaks forward but has a hipped roof, with a plank door located on the left under a wooden lintel. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Forge Approximately 20 Metres West of Cross Farmhouse 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 81% 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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