Top Forge Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Barnsley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 1988. Cottage.

Top Forge Cottage

WRENN ID: gaunt-string-wind
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Barnsley
Country: England
Date first listed: 12 October 1988
Type: Cottage
Source: Historic England listing

Description

SK 29 NE 11/51A

HUNSHELF FORGE LANE Top Forge Cottage

Office, now cottage. Late C18 with C19 alterations. Coursed rubble and ashlar with slate roofs. A lateral and a gabled wall stack. Single storey plus attic. 3 bay front with central C20 glazed door reached up 5 steps. To the left a single glazing bar sash, with to the left again another single glazing bar sash set in the projecting angle facade, both these windows are linked by a continuous cill band. To the right a tripartite plain sash. Above over the central door a 4 light casement in a gabled dormer. This building is the former office to Wortley Top Forge, and it is situated within the context of this scheduled ancient monument. It is one of only 3 surviving water-powered hammer forges in the UK.

Listing NGR: SK2942099882

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