Forge House

Forge House is a semi-detached house, largely dating to the 18th and 19th centuries, with possible earlier origins. It is constructed of ham stone, with ashlar dressings, and has a thatched roof with a hipped west gable extending to the east. The chimney stacks are ashlar, octagonal in plan, and topped with moulded caps. The house is two storeys and has three bays, with bay three being a projecting two-storey porch. The windows are casements with three lights, utilising an early pattern with iron-framed opening lights, the lower ones having timber lintels. The projecting porch has a four-centred chamfered archway at its base, with a 20th-century inner door within a new frame. Above the archway is a blind chamfered lancet window, with similar blind windows to the sides at ground level; traces exist of a former opening to the left of bay one. A single-storey wing extends from the west gable, featuring a double-Roman clay tiled roof and brick chimney stacks. Bays one and two of this wing have two-light leaded windows set in brick-lined openings, while bay three is a wide open porch, providing access both to a forge (in use as such in January 1986) and to the main house. The interiors were not inspected during the listing process. The house is attached to the east side of Dillington Park Lodge.