Listed Building record TQ 54 NW 75 - FORGE HOUSE AT WEST SIDE OF ENTRANCE TO BOAR PLACE

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5280 CHIDDINGSTONE BOUGH BEECH Forge House (at West side of entrance to Boar Place) TQ 54 NW 50/206 lO.9.54.
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2. Dated 1754. 2 storeys and attic, 3 windows. Half hipped tiled roof with hipped gabled dormer. Red brick. 3-light casement windows. Centre 6-panel door with top lights and architrave moulded flat hood over. Small l-storey wing to right. Left rear extension tile hung above, rendered below.
Forge House and Outbuilding form a group.
Listing NGR: TQ5060649018

During a 2018 evaluation 77m to the east of the smithy, a refuse deposit probably associated with the use of the smithy was identified. Ceramic building material and small to medium sized fragments of slag from metal working were recovered from the layer. The building material was dated to 1700-1900 AD providing an approximate date for the deposition of the refuse. An overlying deposit associated with a nearby lime kiln also contained metal working debris including hearth slag, suggesting extended use of the site as a refuse dump associated with the smithy. (1)

<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<2> Pre-construction Archaeology, 2018, Bore Place, Chiddingstone, Kent, TN8 7AR, An archaeological evaluation (Unpublished document). SKE53058.