The Old Forge is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Old Forge
- WRENN ID
- weathered-barrel-vermeil
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Forge, 24, Bedford Road, Little Houghton, NN7 1AB
- OS grid reference
- SP 802 595
- Coordinates
- 52.22824, -0.82591
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Forge is a house, formerly a dwelling and forge, located on Bedford Road in Little Houghton. It dates to the 18th century and is constructed of coursed ironstone rubble with a ridged tile roof, brick end stacks, and an internal stack. The building has a 3-unit plan and a 5-window facade. It features part-glazed doors centrally, to the right of centre, and to the far left, these last being set within 20th-century gabled porches. Windows include a 3-light casement on the ground floor far right, 20th-century casements on the ground floor to the right of the central door and far left (all with wood lintels), and various 1-light and 2-light casements to the first floor. The building has limestone quoins and stone-coped gables with kneelers. A 19th-century 2-storey extension adjoins the left side, and a single-storey brick extension is present on the right. Inside, there is an open fireplace with a chamfered bressumer and turned balusters to the dog-leg staircase. Three modern skylight windows have been added to the roof of the south-facing elevation.
Local climate
The Old 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 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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 2002
- 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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