Forge House

Forge House is a house dating from the mid-17th century, with a service extension added in 1985. The main structure is made of plastered cob on rubble footings, featuring cob stacks, one topped with 19th-century brick and the other disused. The roof is thatched. The house has a 19th-century two-room plan, facing northwest, with a central passage that contains 19th-century stairs. There is a stack in the right (southwest) end party wall shared with the adjacent Homeleigh, and a disused front lateral stack in the left room. At the left end, there is a store that is recessed from the front, and to the rear is the 1985 service extension.

The building is two storeys high, with an irregular arrangement of windows. On the ground floor, there is a single four-light casement at the right end, and two two-light casements on the first floor, one at the right end and one to the right of centre, all dating from the 19th century and featuring glazing bars. There is a small blind recess under the eaves to the left of centre, and in the centre, there are two 19th-century doors, one of which may have replaced a former window. All ground floor openings and the back of the fireplace have exposed 17th-century oak lintels, which are chamfered with scroll stops. This detail suggests that the stack may have blocked a former window. The roof is hipped to the left.

Inside, the right room features a chamfered and scroll-stopped crossbeam, and the rubble fireplace lintel also shows remnants of a similar finish. This fireplace includes a 19th-century brick-lined oven to the left. The left room has plain carpentry details. The roof consists of A-frame trusses with pegged lap-jointed collars. An unusual feature is the presence of two doors through the back wall at first floor level. Coleford is noted for being a remarkably unspoilt and picturesque hamlet.