Forge Farmhouse

GOUDHURST BEDGEBURY TQ 73 NW 5/73 Forge Farmhouse (formerly listed as 20.6.67 Furnace Farmhouse) GV II House. C16, clad and extended C18. Timber framed and clad with red and blue chequered brick base and tile hanging on first floor, with weather-boarded left return. Plain tiled roof. Lobby entry plan of 3 framed bays, extended with 1 bay to left. Two storeys on plinth, with roof line stepped down to left with hipped double span, otherwise tile hung gabled. Moulded stack cluster to centre right with angled flues and stack projecting at end left. Three 3-light and one 2-light casement to centre right on first floor and 2 tripartite glazing bar sashes, with single glazing bar sash to right on ground floor. Half-glazed door to centre right in simple surround. Single storey hipped extension to right with present main entrance in hipped, columned porch. Catslide outshot to rear. A working furnace was recorded here at least from the C16.

Listing NGR: TQ7281135871