The Forge

TL 86 NE 1/18

GREAT BARTON THE STREET The Forge

GV II

House and smithy, now forming one long range. C17 and later. One-and-a-half storeys to house; the smithy is the same height, but has no upper floor. Timber-framed; the house faced in black knapped flint with white brick dressings, the smithy weatherboarded; a small linking section between the 2 has roughcast in panels. Plaintiles to the main roof; slates to a single- storey lean-to at the east end. pierced and fluted bargeboards. One internal chimney-stack, and another added at the east end. The house has 2 3-light casement windows with square leaded panes, pintle hinges, and arched heads to frames and surrounds. 2 gabled dormers with similar 2-light leaded casement windows. 6-panelled entrance door with raised fielded panels, the top 2 glazed, within an ornate C20 wrought-iron porch. The smithy has 2 typical industrial windows, divided into high, narrow, vertical lights, on each side of a half-glazed door. The linking section has 2 gabled dormers, matching those to the house. There is little framing to be seen in the house, but the smithy, which is still working, contains all its original fittings and has an open side-purlin roof.

Listing NGR: TL8922267103