Listed Building: FORGE APPROXIMATELY 5 METRES NORTH OF FORGE HOUSE (1240542)

Grade II
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 1356, 7, 485
Date assigned 24 August 1990
Date last amended

Description

TQ 53 NW SPELDHURST THE GREEN (east side), LANGTON GREEN 7/485 Forge approx 5m north of Forge House GV II Former forge, now converted to offices. Early/mid C19, converted circa 1980. Coursed blocks of sandstone ashlar, some brick at rear end; peg-tile roof. Plan: Low building on a rough east west axis, its west end gable-end onto The Green, it faces south towards Forge House. It now has a 3-room plan. It is not known whether any of the internal crosswalls date from the C19. Single storey. Exterior: Irregular front has 3 windows and 3 doorways. All occupy original openings except that the right end window is blocking another original doorway. Windows and part-glazed doors are all C20. Roof is gable-ended and includes a couple of C20 skylights. Front (west) gable is stone ashlar with shaped kneelers and coping and it contains a ventilator slit with chamfered surround. Interior: Plain carpentry detail. This former forge is a well-built stone building which forms part of an attractive and varied group of building along the east side of The Green. Listing NGR: TQ5435839288

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

Map

Location

Grid reference TQ 5435 3928 (point)
Map sheet TQ53NW
Civil Parish SPELDHURST, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

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Record last edited

Nov 16 2006 5:21PM