Forge Close And Adjoining Premises

RICKINGHALL SUPERIOR THE STREET (SOUTH EAST TM 0475 SIDE) 6/150 Forge Close and adjoining 29.7.55 Premises (formerly listed as Premises opposite Camorna to south east) -- II Two houses. Mid to late C16 and C18, altered C20. Timber frames, plastered. Pantiled roof with thatch on later build. 3 cell main range with 2 cell 'unit house' added to rear right to form an L on plan. All 1 storey and attic. Steps up to a lobby entrance to right of centre, a recessed 6 panelled door with a lugged architrave, hoodboard. Flanking C20 3-light glazing bar casements, 2 lights to left or service end. C19 shaped brackets to boarded eaves, hall and parlour chamber 3-light gabled dormers. Cruciform ridge stack to right of centre between hall and parlour, rebuilt cap. Gable end bracketed pent ice boards to attic with exposed purlins. To rear a boarded door in cross entry position, a 2-light gabled dormer. 'Unit house' to rear is Forge Close. Outer central boarded door, flanking 2-light glazing bar casements, 2-light bargeboarded gabled dormers. Rear gable end external stack with exposed plates and purlins, a boarded lean-to outshut. Inner return has a rendered stack towards front, enlarged in C20; a pantiled brick lean-to outshut extended to rear in C20. Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: TM0402675177