Description

TQ 65 41
14/158
20.10.54

BRENCHLEY
THE GREEN, Matfield
(south side) Forge Cottage
(Formerly Known as (MATFIELD GREEN,previously listed as The Forge)

GII
House.Circa late C17/early C18. Framed construction, clad with weatherboarding; peg-tile roof; stack with brick shaft. Plan:The main block is two rooms wide, with a large heated room to the left (south) where the house adjoins the Old Forge.Service rooms in a rear outshut with a rear centre stair projection.The partition between the two ground floor rooms has been removed.The house adjoins the White House (q.v.)and shares a continuous roof with it although internal evidence indicates that the White House is later.Exterior: two storeys and attic.Symmetrical three-bay front with a deep mansard roof.Central C19 panelled front door with a shallow porch with a moulded cornice. Three-light circa late C17 casement windows, two to each floor, with square leaded panes, some preserving fine blacksmith-made window furniture with spring catches with iron scrolls. Three flat roofed attic dormers with small-pane casements. Interior: Some exposed framing of slender scantling.First floor and roofspace not inspected, but roof said to preserve a former hip at the north end. Weatherboarding on the north end wall, abutting the White House, was formerly external.

Listing NGR: TQ6578641732

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26542672

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (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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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)