Number 2a (The Old Forge House) and Attached Outbuildings is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1987. House, forge.
Number 2a (The Old Forge House) and Attached Outbuildings
- WRENN ID
- crooked-sill-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Wellingborough and Rushden MP: Gen Kitchen (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 June 1987
- Type
- House, forge
- Address
- Number 2a (The Old Forge House) and Attached Outbuildings, College Street, Higham Ferrers
- OS grid reference
- SP 960 685
- Coordinates
- 52.30674, -0.59228
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Number 2A, known as The Old Forge House, is a house that was originally a forge, dating from the early to mid-18th century and the 19th century. It is built from regularly coursed limestone and has a concrete tile roof. The building originally had a two-unit plan with the forge on the right side and a central carriage arch. It is two storeys high and features a four-window range with 19th and 20th century casement and sash windows, some of which have glazing bars, all set under wooden lintels. The central carriage arch has plank doors and a shallow arched head, while there is a stable door on the far right, also under a wooden lintel. A brick stack is located at the ridge. At the rear, there is a range of early 18th century former stables that are attached and are part of the Green Dragon Hotel; these have pantile roofs and tall stone stacks. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Number 2a (The Old Forge House) and Attached Outbuildings sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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