Description

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TQ 5456 NE SEAL CHURCH ROAD
(south side)
27/992
Forge Cottage

GV II

Cottage. C15, remodelled in early C17 and with later alterations. Timber-
framed with colour-washed brick and wattle and daub infill and with arch bracing
(original to building but reset in present position); tile-hung cladding to
sides; hipped plain old tile roof with gambrel to right; brick ridge stack and
C19 brick right end stack. C15 open-hall dwelling remodelled as 2-unit plan in
early C17. 2 storeys, with cellar; 2-window range. Mid C20 entry to cellar.
Mid C20 hipped brick porch. Mid C20 2-light windows and gabled half dormer.
Mid C20 brick outshut to rear. Interior: C15 smoke-blackened common-rafter roof
of 2 bays with jowled storey posts and deep arch bracing to C15 truss on right;
truncated half-bay to right of this truss. Ground floor has joists to ceiling
of small former service room on left and larger room to right with chamfered
beam, ogee-stopped chamfered wall beam to left and open fireplace with chamfered
bressummer and stone jambs; C18/19 winder staircase to rear of stack. Cellar
has dressed stone walls and late C18 brick barrel-vaulted roof.

Listing NGR: TQ5494556772

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26536883

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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)