Latitude: 51.1508 / 51°9'3"N
Longitude: 0.369 / 0°22'8"E
OS Eastings: 565786
OS Northings: 141732
OS Grid: TQ657417
Mapcode National: GBR NR1.XSJ
Mapcode Global: VHJMX.BBYM
Plus Code: 9F325929+8J
Entry Name: Forge Cottage
Listing Date: 20 October 1954
Last Amended: 7 January 1991
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1250633
English Heritage Legacy ID: 432469
ID on this website: 101250633
Location: Matfield, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN12
County: Kent
District: Tunbridge Wells
Civil Parish: Brenchley
Built-Up Area: Brenchley
Traditional County: Kent
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent
Church of England Parish: Matfield St Luke
Church of England Diocese: Rochester
Tagged with: Cottage
TQ 65 41
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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
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