Glaziers Forge Cottage

House. Dating from around 1600, the southwest bay is the remaining portion of a two-bay end chimneystack house. The timber chimney was rebuilt in brick and stone in the 17th century, and the house was extended by two bays to the northeast in the late 17th century. It was refronted in the 18th century. An outshut was added to the north around 1830, and in approximately 1968, a two-story wing was added to create an L-shape, with a late 20th-century sun lounge also added. The building is timberframed and mostly clad in weatherboarding, with a brick plinth. The side and rear elevations have a brick ground floor. It has a hipped tiled roof with an off-center brick chimneystack. It is two stories high, with three windows at the front. Early 20th-century casement windows with leaded lights are present. Originally a two-bay end chimneystack, the plan is now a three-bay lobby entrance house, following the demolition of the original service bay in the 18th century.

The front elevation has two three-light casements, with a similar one on the ground floor, alongside two five-light square bays. There is a doorcase opposite the chimneystack, featuring a flat wooden hood on brackets, and a plank door with decorative iron brackets. The rear elevation displays two three-light casements, an outshut added around 1830, and a gabled weather porch with a plank door. The left side elevation features a casement window, and a flat-roofed extension added in the late 20th century. The circa 1968 two-story L-wing is constructed of brick and tilehanging, with a tiled roof.

Inside, the circa 1600 bay has an open fireplace with a wide wooden bressumer and a sandstone and brick back. Remnants of a bread oven and plain floor joists remain. An adjoining room also has remains of a bread oven and thinner joists. The rear wall has wattle and daub panels. A first-floor room boasts wide original floorboards, a three-plank door with iron hinges, and the top of the wall plate is visible. The roof in the circa 1600 bay is original, featuring queen studs and full windbracing. The roof to the later 17th-century extension is of a simple paired rafter type without collars, though collars have been added in retrospect.

The cottage was associated with Glaziers Forge. In 1662-65, Henry Jarman, a hammerman, was assessed for two flues under the Hearth Tax for this property. It was described in a 1761 survey and also in the Driver survey of 1830 as “A cottage, underpinned, timber framed and tiled, with 3 rooms below and 2 over.” Photographs from late 20th-century building works revealed the original frame with a midrail along the front elevation, wattle and daub panels, evidence of several original window openings, and a shutter groove.