The following text is from the original listed building designation:
In the entry for PLATT BASTED LANE 2/35 Crouch (north side)
Nos 2 and 4
The item shall be amended to read PLATT BASTED LANE Crouch (north side)
Nos 2 and 4 (Forge Cottages)
TQ 65 NW PLATT BASTED LANE Crouch 2/35 (north side)
Nos 2 and 4
II
Cottage pair. Early C19. Red brick ground floor, tile-hung first floor. Half-hipped plain tiled roof with 2 off-centre off-ridge stacks. Two storeys. Three window front, on ground floor in segment head surrounds. C19 metal casements, with Gothick glazing, except one window on first floor. Entrances at ends, C19 gabled weather-porch at left-hand and (No 4), C20 gabled weather porch to right (No 2). Included as a good example of modest domestic building of traditional regional type.
Listing NGR: TQ6182855590

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