Description

LYNTON AND LYNMOUTH

SS74NW A39, Barbrook
858-1/2/50 (North side)
03/09/73 Forge Cottage
(Formerly Listed as:
LYNTON
BARBROOK
Forge Cottage)

GV II

Detached house. C17 origins, modified. Rendered rubble,
asbestos-cement slate roof, stone stacks. Plain gabled range
with cross passage and heated room each side; later stair
returns over doorway to S.
2 storeys; 3-window range. 2-light casements at eaves level
above a 3-light, a small blocked square light with chamfered
surround, and a 3-light, all under a continuous stone rough
drip course. To the right of the blocked light is a C20 door
recessed in plain reveals. The rear has 2 half-dormers above a
later brick lean-to running almost the full width of the
property. There is a large external gable stack to the left
(E), and a gable stack to the right.
INTERIOR: not generally accessible, but a C19 or C20 timber
dogleg stair is situated to the right of the main entrance.

Listing NGR: SS7157347675

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26501673

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Recommended Books

• 
  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
• 
  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)