Old Forge Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1988. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Old Forge Cottage
- WRENN ID
- plain-loft-marsh
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 May 1988
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Old Forge Cottage, 41, Park Road, Hartwell, NN7 2HP
- OS grid reference
- SP 784 501
- Coordinates
- 52.14379, -0.85545
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Forge Cottage is an 18th-century cottage, altered in the 20th century. It is constructed of coursed limestone rubble, painted, with a thatched roof and a brick end stack. The cottage is a single storey and attic, with a two-window front. It has a two-unit plan. A 20th-century door is set within a lean-to porch on the left side of the centre, and a three-light leaded casement window is on the right side of the centre, with a timber lintel. Similar leaded casement windows are found in eyebrow dormers to the first floor. A 20th-century single-storey extension has been added to the right end.
Local climate
Old Forge Cottage 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 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% 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 — 2 transactions since 2002
- 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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