Listed Building: FORGE COTTAGE (1250633)

Grade II
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 1356, 14, 158
Date assigned 20 October 1954
Date last amended

Description

In the entries for the following serial numbers --- 14/156, 14/157, 14/158, 14/159, 14/160, 14/161, 14/162, 14/163, 14/164, 14/165 14/166, 14/167, 14/168, 14/169, 14/170, 14/171, 14/172, 14/173, 14/174, 14/175 14/176, 14/177, 14/178, 14/179, in the parish of Brenchley. The address shall be amended to read--- "THE GREEN, Matfield" in place of "MATFIELD GREEN" TQ 65 41 BRENCHLEY MATFIELD GREEN (south side) 14/158 Forge Cottage 20.10.54 (previously listed as The Forge) GV II House. Circa late 017/early C18. Framed construction, clad with weatherboarding; peg-tile roof; stack with brick shaft. Plan: The main block is 2 rooms wide, with a large heated room to the left (south) where the house adjoins the Old Forge. Service rooms in a rear outshut with a rear centre stair projection. The partition between the 2 ground floor rooms has been removed. The house adjoins the White House (q.v.) and shares a continuous roof with it although internal evidence indicates that the White House is later. Exterior: 2 storeys and attic. Symmetrical 3-bay front with a deep mansard roof. Central C19 panelled front door with a shallow porch with a moulded cornice. 3-light circa late C17 casement windows, 2 to each floor, with square leaded panes, some preserving fine blacksmith-made window furniture with spring catches with iron scrolls. 3 flat roofed attic dormers with small-pane casements. Interior: Some exposed framing of slender scantling. First floor and roofspace not inspected, but roof said to preserve a former hip at the north end. Weatherboarding on the north end wall, abutting the White Houe, was formerly external. Listing NGR: TQ6578641732

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  • Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

Map

Location

Grid reference TQ 6578 4173 (point)
Map sheet TQ64SE
Civil Parish BRENCHLEY, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

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Record last edited

Nov 16 2006 5:21PM