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Listed Building Description
The Forge, Forge Cottage and Horseshoe
Cottage,
High Street (west Side)
House and forge, subdivided into 3 dwellings.
Circa C15 south crosswing; circa early C16 hall and north
crosswing; remodelled and extended circa 1600; extended
again in circa mid C17; forge wing dates from C17 to C19.
Plastered and weatherboarded timber frame. Plain tile roofs
with gabled ends. Brick axial stacks. Plan: H-shaped; S
crosswing occupied by The Forge, hall contains Forge Cottage
and N crosswing is Horseshoe Cottage. S crosswing is
independent of and predates early C16 open hall and high end
N crosswing. In circa 1600 hall was floored, house reroofed,
stacks inserted between hall and N crosswing and on S side
of S crosswing, crosswings extended at rear and stair tower
added at rear of hall. In circa mid C17 another crosswing
was built on S side of S crosswing and forge wing at rear
dates from C17 to C19.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 5-window front. Jettied
and gabled crosswings to left and right and third
weatherboarded crosswing on left. 2, 3 and 4-light C19 and
C20 casements; C19 8 and 20-pane sashes on ground floor and
original doorway to left of centre. C20 garage and wing set
back on right.S side has C19 16-pane sashes and C20
casements; forge to left (W) has circa C18 iron casements
with leaded panes and plank doors. Gabled at rear;
right-hand gable has exposed timber-framing and circa C18
4-light casement.
Interior: Front room of original crosswing (The Forge) has
fragment of fine late C16 wall painting depicting man, woman
and dog, part of a larger scheme which may exist behind
later paint (shadow of Royal Arms on back wall). Room above
has vase of flowers stencilled upside down on wall.
Chamfered ceiling beams with cyma and hollow step stops and
some exposed joists. Some exposed wall framing. N wing
(Horseshoe Cottage) has square crown-post on cambered
tie-beam and 1 brace to collar-purlin. Circa 1600
replacement side purlin roofs. Stairs at rear of hall (Forge
Cottage) has C17 octagonal newel with finial and stairs at
rear of S crosswing (The Forge) has C17 newel with small
ball finial. C17 panelled doors at foot of stairs at rear of
N crosswing (Horseshoe Cottage). Forge in rear SW wing has 2
hearths and bellows in narrow bellows room bay.
SOURCE: A Gibson, Survey Report, 16 January 1991
13/38. Grade II* in 1992
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