Listed Building record TQ 54 NW 146 - FORGE SQUARE

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1886 to 1886

Location

Grid reference TQ 5491 4655 (point)
Map sheet TQ54NW
Civil Parish LEIGH, SEVENOAKS, KENT
District SEVENOAKS, KENT

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Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
LEIGH LEIGH 5280 High Street (North Side ) Nos 1 to 7 (consec) (Forge Square) TQ 5446 19/666 II GV 2. 1886 by George and Peto. L-shaped range of buildings. No 7 is an upstairs flat reached by external covered wood staircase at right end. Fairly high pitched, gable ended tiled roofs. Tudor style. Ornamental projecting wood-shingled gable, with pierced bargeboards and 5-light oriel, on inner return of projecting left range. 2 storeys, 6 windows in all, inside the L. Left wing of coursed freestone has double-overhung end gable, half timbered and with plaster filling. Right wing facing road has 2 wide gables across full width, half-timbered and with plaster filling. Brick ground floor here and around angle below shingled gable. Irregular many-mullioned casements, some flat, some bays. Tudor arches to doorways, some of stone, some of carved wood. Tall, ornamental chimney of brick and stone. Tile hung left return.
South View, Nos 1 to 7 (consec) (Forge square), The Old Forge and Forge Cottage form a group.
Listing NGR: TQ5491346558


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