Forge Cottage

Forge Cottage is an 18th-century cottage, originally part of a pair with number 65. The construction is of random rubble, with pantile and double-Roman tile roofs and two restored brick ridge stacks. The facade is irregular. The left bay has three windows with hollow-moulded stone mullions; the ground-floor window has a decorative label. The centre two bays feature casements with glazing bars to the first floor, while the ground floor has two 20th-century nine-light sash windows. The right bay has a first-floor window with hollow-moulded stone mullions and a ground-floor casement with glazing bars; the ground-floor window is set beneath a reused 17th-century arched and moulded wooden lintel. Two door openings lead to number 65, with plank doors. A two-storey, pent-roofed outshut, added in the 20th century, provides access to Forge Cottage via a half-glazed door on the return side. Forge Cottage was formerly the village forge.