Listed Building record TQ 53 NW 92 - FORGE APPROXIMATELY 5 METRES NORTH OF FORGE HOUSE
Summary
Location
| Grid reference | TQ 5435 3928 (point) | 
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TQ53NW | 
| District | TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT | 
| Civil Parish | SPELDHURST, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT | 
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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 53 NW                 SPELDHURST        THE GREEN (east side), LANGTON                                                               GREEN 7/485                                      Forge approx 5m north of                                            Forge House
GV                                         II
Former forge, now converted to offices.  Early/mid C19, converted circa 1980. Coursed blocks of sandstone ashlar, some brick at rear end; peg-tile roof.
Plan:  Low building on a rough east west axis, its west end gable-end onto The Green, it faces south towards Forge House.  It now has a 3-room plan.  It is not known whether any of the internal crosswalls date from the C19.
Single storey.
Exterior:  Irregular front has 3 windows and 3 doorways.  All occupy original openings except that the right end window is blocking another original doorway.  Windows and part-glazed doors are all C20.  Roof is gable-ended and includes a couple of C20 skylights.  Front (west) gable is stone ashlar with shaped kneelers and coping and it contains a ventilator slit with chamfered surround.
Interior:  Plain carpentry detail.
This former forge is a well-built stone building which forms part of an attractive and varied group of building along the east side of The Green.
Listing NGR: TQ5435839288
English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
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- --- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
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Record last edited
Feb 19 2008 12:26PM