Listed Building record TQ 67 SE 1076 - THE OLD FORGE

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1650 to 1799

Location

Grid reference TQ 6669 7307 (point)
Map sheet TQ67SE
Civil Parish GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT
District GRAVESHAM, KENT

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Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5277 LOWER HIGHAM ROAD (South Side) CHALK
The Old Forge TQ 67 SE 7/117
II
2. C18 or earlier. A timber-framed building refronted. 2 storeys weatherboarded. Pantiled roof. 2 altered windows on the 1st floor with shutters. Sliding sashes to ground floor windows. Forge extension of 1 storey weatherboarded with pantiled roof. A plaque set up by the Dickens Fellowship records that this is the original of Joe Gargery's Forge in "Great Expectations".
Listing NGR: TQ6652773118


English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

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

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Record last edited

Feb 19 2008 12:26PM