The Forge

SU 63 SW ROPLEY CHURCH STREET

3/14 The Forge

II

House. C15, early C17, C18, and early C19. Red brick walls in Flemish bond with blue headers, 1st floor band, cambered arches to the ground-floor, and stepped plinth; a former doorway has been filled and 2 small windows have been formed (C20) on either side of the entrance. Tile roof, ½-hipped to the rear wing, catslide at rear, with a hipped slate roof over the narrow west wing. A late-medieval 2-bay timber-framed hall, with a fireplace attached at one end early C17) together with 1st floors and a staircase wing, with C18 extensions (to west end and rear), and a forge at the east end (probably a timber-framed barn at an earlier stage) with C19 industrial windows, and a narrow early C19 wing at the west end. The north front : (refacing of the timber-frame) symmetrical of 2 storeys, 3 windows. Leaded casements. C20 open timber-framed porch with gabled tile roof, and boarded door. The single-storeyed east wing (former forge) has 3 windows with narrow vertical panes, and a plain doorway. The single-storeyed west wing has 2 plain doors and a casement. The rear elevation has a gable with a tiled front to the staircase block. Interior: the exposed framing, and other details,indicate the several phases of construction, which includes a cellar beneath the western (C18) bay.

Listing NGR: SU6435831931