Description

TQ 5956 IGHTHAM THE STREET
5/12 (south-east side)

1.8.52 Old Forge House
(formerly listed under
Main Road)
GV
II*

Remains of C16 hall-house dated 1555 to left, C19 additions to right. Red brick and
random stone exposed vertical timber-framing with plaster infilling above. First
floor jetty supported on exposed joists and brackets, continuous, though at lower
level to right. Small C19 addition to right, coursed rubble stone with red brick
dressings on ground floor, rendered first floor; return gable to front. Two storeys;
4 window front, very irregular, all C19 casement windows. Two boarded doors to right
of centre, one to left. Projecting weatherboarded wing to rear. The house is one of
the earliest continuous jetty houses in Kent, in 1555 Thomas Skynner was fired for
building encroaching the highway.

Listing NGR: TQ5955256739

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17546898

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Recommended Books

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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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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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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)