Forge Bungalows

Forge Bungalows is a row of four almshouses built in 1830 by Lady Louisa Bunbury for poor widows. The bungalows are single-storey with a two-storey central porch. They are constructed from a random mixture of flint and small freestone blocks, featuring white brick quoins and dressings, and have slate roofs. There are two internal chimney stacks with plain white brick shafts. The design includes four canted bays with casement windows that have transoms and cross-bars. The central porch has a hipped roof with overhanging eaves, an upper-storey casement window with rounded heads in Gothick style, and a rounded archway at the ground level with two recessed entrance doors. Each gable end of the building has a small enclosed gabled porch with a plank door set in a rounded arched doorway. A plaque above the porch entry reads: 'The Widows' Home. Sacred to the memory of Louisa Emilia Bunbury MDCCCXXX'.