Listed Building record TQ 53 NW 92 - FORGE APPROXIMATELY 5 METRES NORTH OF FORGE HOUSE

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1800 to 1990

Location

Grid reference TQ 5435 3928 (point)
Map sheet TQ53NW
District TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT
Civil Parish SPELDHURST, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

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Full Description

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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Record last edited

Feb 19 2008 12:26PM