Forge Cottage the Old Forge is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Cottage, smithy. 2 related planning applications.
Forge Cottage the Old Forge
- WRENN ID
- over-cupola-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1984
- Type
- Cottage, smithy
- Address
- Forge Cottage the Old Forge, Crowcombe, TA4 4AQ
- OS grid reference
- ST 135 369
- Coordinates
- 51.12528, -3.23709
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Forge Cottage and The Old Forge is a cottage that has recently included a smithy, now divided into two dwellings. It has medieval origins and has been altered in the 16th, 19th, and 20th centuries. The building features colour washed random rubble and a triple Roman tiled roof, with brick stacks located at the left gable end, centre left, and between the first and second bays on the right. The structure is an open hall type, significantly altered and enlarged, with a single bay addition on the left from the late 19th to early 20th century and extensions at the rear. It is two storeys high and consists of three bays. The windows are 20th century casements, with a single light window on the left end, two- and three-light casements in the centre, and a two-light casement on the ground floor right, along with a 20th century plank door on the right and French windows on the left. Inside, there are chamfered beams with step and run-out stops, and one jointed cruck truss is visible.
Local climate
Forge Cottage the Old Forge receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2003
- 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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