Forge Cottage

RICKINGHALL INFERIOR THE STREET (SOUTH EAST TM 07 NW SIDE) 1/121 Forge Cottage - GV II House, latterly with a shop. Early to mid C16, stack inserted and reroofed early C17, altered C19 and C20. Timber frame, plastered with some panelled pargetting. Thatched roof. 4 bay 3 cell cross entry plan with smoke hood between hall and parlour replaced by a stack. 2 storeys. Ground floor: cross entry to right of centre blocked with a Phoenix Insurance marker above, to right or service bay a 24 pane architraved part opening former shop window, second entrance to right also blocked; to hall a part opening glazing bar cross casement, to parlour a cross casement, all with hoodboards. First floor four 2-light glazing bar casements with leaded panes to left. Ridge stack inserted towards left end which is half hipped with a small lean-to outshut. Right end added external stack and a C20 lean-to entrance porch. To rear a pantiled brick oven lean-to behind stack, 2-light casements. Interior: 2 blocked service doorways with chamfered surrounds, one 4-centred arched head, hall has mortices for arched braces to original cross axial binding beam. First floor: service end wall straight arched bracing, posts of rebated section with 4-centred.arched braces to a cambered tie beam with a rebated soffit to hall chamber open truss, large window opening in solar end wall.

Listing NGR: TM0398875145