Description

TQ 61 NE ASHBURNHAM LAKEHURST LANE

20/26 Nos 1, 2 and 3 Ashburnham
Furnace, (Pay Cottage).
3.8.61 (formerly-listed as
Ashburnham Furnace (Three
Cottages)).

II

Former furnace, now 3 cottages C17 and C18. The main portion comprising the
North East and centre cottages is timber-framed. The portion comprising the
South West cottage is an C18 addition. The whole building is fronted with red
brick and grey headers on ground floor and tile-hung above. Tiled roof. Casement
windows with diamond-shaped leaded lights. 2 storeys. 4 windows. The C18
addition (Pay Cottage) has a half-hipped gable end containing an attic window
and a doorway with flat hood on brackets. This was the last furnace in Sussex
at which iron was smelted. It was in operation as late as 1825, though most
of the Sussex furnaces had ceased to work about 50 years before.

Listing NGR: TQ6848017086

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26523651

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Recommended Books

• 
  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
• 
  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas