Description

SU 73 NW FARRINGDON GOSPORT ROAD
(Lower Farringdon)
2/32 The Forge and Little Forge
Cottage

GV II

House, now 2 dwellings. C16, C17, C18. Walls are of painted brickwork in
Flemish bond, the south wing having exposed framing in the gable (with herring-
bone infill) above flint walls with brick dressings; cement plinth. Tile roof
½-hipped at the north end (with a gablet), is taller above the south side
crosswing, and hipped above the north wing. A late medieval timber-framed hall,
extended as a timber-frame at each end with a cross wing, reclad in the C18, and
with a single-storeyed wing forward of the north side. East front: 2 storeys;
1.2 windows. Casements. Boarded door in a plain frame, with a hipped tiled
canopy on posts. Inside, the framework shows the cornerposts of a hall with
lower eaves, as well as the extended framework (c17?); a large fireplace was
attached to the crosswing and the gable later moved outwards to enclose it.
The upper room of the crosswing has a plaster ceiling with decorative motifs.
of the C17.

Listing NGR: SU7046835336

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26473911

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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  For the Record
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)