The Forbury

The Forbury is a house that has been converted into a residential home. It dates from the mid-18th century and is constructed of brick with a twin-span Welsh slate roof. The building features two brick stacks at the center and one at the right rear.

The exterior is three storeys high, with an attic and cellar, and has a seven-window range, including five in an advanced central bay. The windows are late 19th-century two-over-two sashes set under gauged brick flat arches with stone keyblocks. Above, there are two-over-two sashes, and a coved stone pediment contains a bullseye window in a raised gauged brick architrave with four stone keyblocks. The corners of the building are accentuated with rusticated stucco quoins.

The central entrance features an eight-fielded-panel door within a wooden doorcase that has a moulded and modillioned segmental pediment and frieze supported by fluted pilasters. Flanking the entrance are two-over-two sashes, with a 19th-century four-fielded-panel door and plain overlight in a stucco case to the left, and a late 19th-century plain sash to the right.

On the right side, there are four six-over-six sashes in moulded cases under gauged brick flat arches, along with a storey band. The right gable of the rear range has a three-over-six sash and two late 19th-century two-over-two sashes. A late 19th-century canted bay on the ground floor features one-over-one, two-over-two, and one-over-one sashes, along with a large six-over-six sash under a gauged brick flat arch.

The rear (north) front has a five-window range, with a central twelve-over-nine light flanked by six-over-six sashes, all under gauged brick flat arches. There is a storey band and a moulded and modillioned wood cornice and pediment with an oval light and two inserted casements. The entrance is located to the center left and consists of 19th-century half-glazed double doors, complete with an entablature and attached columns. The rear also features three large six-over-six sashes and a blocked circular light, all under gauged brick flat arches and with a storey band and stucco quoins. The interior has not been inspected.