Listed Building record TQ 64 SE 198 - FORGE COTTAGE

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
In the entries for the following serial numbers ---
14/156, 14/157, 14/158, 14/159, 14/160, 14/161, 14/162, 14/163, 14/164, 14/165 14/166, 14/167, 14/168, 14/169, 14/170, 14/171, 14/172, 14/173, 14/174, 14/175 14/176, 14/177, 14/178, 14/179, in the parish of Brenchley.
The address shall be amended to read---
"THE GREEN, Matfield" in place of "MATFIELD GREEN"
TQ 65 41 BRENCHLEY MATFIELD GREEN (south side) 14/158 Forge Cottage 20.10.54 (previously listed as The Forge) GV II
House. Circa late 017/early C18. Framed construction, clad with weatherboarding; peg-tile roof; stack with brick shaft.
Plan: The main block is 2 rooms wide, with a large heated room to the left (south) where the house adjoins the Old Forge. Service rooms in a rear outshut with a rear centre stair projection. The partition between the 2 ground floor rooms has been removed. The house adjoins the White House (q.v.) and shares a continuous roof with it although internal evidence indicates that the White House is later.
Exterior: 2 storeys and attic. Symmetrical 3-bay front with a deep mansard roof. Central C19 panelled front door with a shallow porch with a moulded cornice. 3-light circa late C17 casement windows, 2 to each floor, with square leaded panes, some preserving fine blacksmith-made window furniture with spring catches with iron scrolls. 3 flat roofed attic dormers with small-pane casements.
Interior: Some exposed framing of slender scantling. First floor and roofspace not inspected, but roof said to preserve a former hip at the north end. Weatherboarding on the north end wall, abutting the White Houe, was formerly external.
Listing NGR: TQ6578641732

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