Listed Building: FORGE COTTAGE (15/241)

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Grade II
NHLE UID 1225882
Date assigned 12 October 1988
Date last amended

Description

House and forge, now one dwelling. Dated 1598, reconstructed C17 and C18 with C19 addition. Squared coursed limestone and brick, with Collyweston slate roofs. Originally one- and 2-unit plans. Part single storey with attic and part 2-storey. Main house is an irregular 3-window range with central bay breaking forward slightly. C19 casement to left has moulded stone surround. Single-light window to left of centre has ashlar surround. Casement window with glazing bars, to right, is under wood lintel. Evidence of refenestration to this window. 3 gabled eaves dormers have C19 casement windows. Central plank door, under wood lintel, and double plank doors to far right, also under wood lintels. Bay to far right was originally the forge. Ashlar gable parapet to right and brick stack at end. 2-storey, one-bay, extension, attached to left, has stone ground floor and brick first floor and was originally an open carriage arch. Ashlar canted bay window added into carriage arch late C19. C20 casem nt window above. Plank door, to right, has ashlar surround. Lateral stack to rear. Interior: entrance hall has spine beam with inscribed date 1598 flanked by fluting. Small open fireplace, with bressumer, on the rear wall. (RCHM: An Inventory of Architectural Monuments in North Northamptonshire: p175)

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Location

Grid reference Centred TL 07188 97787 (21m by 21m) Approximate
Civil Parish YARWELL, North Northamptonshire (formerly East Northants District)

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Jul 16 2021 2:50PM

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