The Old Forge is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1955. House.

The Old Forge

WRENN ID: shadowed-flint-burdock
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Mid Suffolk
Country: England
Date first listed: 9 December 1955
Type: House
Source: Historic England listing

Description

GREAT FINBOROUGH THE GREEN TM 05 NW

2/116 The Old Forge

9.12.55

GV II

House, formerly blacksmith's house. Early C16 with alterations of C17. 3- cell lobby-entrance plan since C17. One storey and attics. Timber-framed and plastered. Plaintiled roof, formerly thatched. Axial chimneys of C18 red brick. Two C18 gabled dormers with C19 casements. Two C19 small-pane sashes. Mid C20 gabled entrance porch with boarded door; to right is a C19 stable-type boarded door. Good C16 close-studding in parlour to left, with diamond mullioned window evidence. The service cell to right is a C17/C18 extension. The central chimney with altered open fireplace is a C17 insertion. Attached, and set back to left is a greatly altered range of C17/C18 origin, formerly containing the forge.

Listing NGR: TM0144357745

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