Forge House

Forge House is a house, originally a house and forge, dating to the mid-15th century, with later alterations in the late 16th, 18th, and 19th centuries. It is timber-framed with plaster infilling and a plain tile roof. The building is of Wealden origin, featuring a single-bay hall, a broad storeyed bay to the right, and a storeyed bay to the left. A rear wing is integral to the right of one bay, with a corridor extending along the left side. The left end bay was replaced, likely in the 18th century, by a projecting forge. A late 19th-century addition extends to the rear of the right wing, and the forge itself was largely rebuilt in the late 19th century.

The building is two storeys high. The first floor exhibits close-studded framing, with the studding continuing across a recess dating from the 16th century. Arch braces are visible on the former flying wall-plate. The jetty of the right end bay continues around the right side elevation on a moulded dragon post, and the jetty was made continuous in the 16th century. The roof is hipped to the right, returning around the rear wing. Two brick ridge stacks are present, one dating from the 18th or later century positioned towards the left, and the other off-centre to the right. The fenestration is irregular, with two four-light ovolo-moulded mullion windows. A broad ribbed door with a four-centred arched head featuring hollow spandrels sits beneath a stack to the right. The forge has a timber-framed structure with a weatherboarded front gable, close-studded right side elevation, and a plain tile roof. It is two storeys high but lacks an internal floor and includes a rear lean-to.

The interior features a heavily moulded end-of-hall beam and a chamfered post. Ogee first-floor braces are present, along with remains of a cross tie-beam from the original left end bay. A large late 16th-century fireplace, featuring an elongated four-centred arched wooden bressumer with finely carved spandrels, is in the hall, while the right end bay has a smaller moulded stone fireplace surround with hollow chamfers. Remains of clasped purlins are visible in the front gable of the forge. There are exposed beams and posts throughout.