Clifford Forge House

Clifford Forge House is an 18th-century house that was altered and enlarged around 1820. It was originally built for the manager of a nearby mill. The house is constructed with brick on a rubble plinth, featuring a stucco facade and a slate roof with brick end and cross-axial stacks. It follows a double-depth plan and is in a Georgian style.

The building is three stories high, with a symmetrical three-window front. It features a plinth, channelled rustication to the ground floor, two horizontal bands, a top frieze, a cornice, and a parapet. The front entrance has an overlight with decorative glazing bars above a small-paned, half-glazed door, set within a recessed porch with angle pilasters and a Tuscan entablature. The central part of the facade projects, supported by fluted Doric columns and topped with a Greek gable. Ground-floor windows are tripartite sashes with a 4:12:4-pane configuration. First- and second-floor windows have sills, with 12-pane sashes on the first floor and 6-pane sashes on the second floor.

The left return has two gabled sections with end stacks flanking segmental-headed windows. The rear elevation incorporates 19th-century brickwork on the right side of an earlier plastered section. It has two canted bay windows on the ground floor, one with 1:2:1-pane small-paned glazing under a hipped roof and one with 4:12:4-pane sashes. The first floor has a window with small-paned glazing and another with a 12-pane horned sash. The second floor has two 6-pane sashes. The right return is stuccoed with 20th-century windows and a porch. Attached L-plan outbuildings have a tile roof and a large brick stack.

The interior includes 1820-era doors and frames, a stick baluster staircase, and a ground floor room featuring an exposed chamfered beam. There are also some fireplaces, although their original location is uncertain. The mill, associated with the house, was used as a forge in the early 19th century before being rebuilt as a flour mill in 1853.