Forge Cottage And Rest Cottage

Forge Cottage and Rest Cottage are a pair of cottages, likely originating in the medieval period. They were divided into two dwellings probably in the 18th or 19th century, with alterations in the 20th century. The cottages are constructed of painted stone rubble, with a slate roof featuring gabled ends. There are gable end and axial stacks, with rendered brick shafts.

The cottages were originally arranged with a long, four-room plan facing north. A cross passage runs between the easternmost room (with a gable end stack) and the room to its left, which has a rear lateral stack. A smaller room to the right of centre, which may have been the original inner room or a cross-passage, was initially unheated. The westernmost room has a gable end stack and projections on both front and rear walls, one of which may have been a stair turret.

The north front has an asymmetrical arrangement of six windows. Most windows are modern 2-light plastic casements in small openings. A late 19th-century 2-light casement sits on the first floor to the right. A small ground-floor window is located to the right of centre, with two windows to its right, each featuring dripmoulds. A tall, chamfered stone doorway with a 2-centred arch (where broach stops have been cut off) is positioned to the left of centre, with a 19th-century glazed and flush panel door. To the left of the doorway, a tall, blocked window is located on the first floor, featuring a segmented stone arch. A large projecting stack with set-offs is visible at the east gable end.

The south elevation is also asymmetrical, with six windows across its range. Most windows are modern casements, with two ground-floor windows on the left featuring slate dripmoulds and two on the right set within segmented brick arches with keystones and dripmoulds above. A central projecting stack with set-offs, a cornice, and a tall rendered brick shaft are also present. A projection on the left end of the south front was likely a stair turret, and a doorway with a 20th-century glazed porch is adjacent to it.

Inside Rest Cottage, the front room has closely spaced, chamfered cross-beams without stops, with later joists inserted between. A fireplace with stone rubble jambs and a renewed lintel is located in the left end wall. 18th-century 2-panel doors are found on the first floor. Forge Cottage has no visible interior features. The roof space of Forge Cottage shows collar lapped and pegged principals.