Description

HARLAXTON SK8832 HIGH STREET 1315-0/14/197 (East side) 24/09/79 No.77 The Forge (Formerly Listed as: SWINE HILL The Forge) GV II

House. Dated 1794, remodelled c1830, with addition in matching style late C20. Brick with ashlar dressings and renewed plain tile roofs. 2 stone gable stacks with coped square double flues. Dentillated eaves, coped gables. 2 storeys; 3 window range. Openings have stone surrounds and mullions and leaded glazing, under earlier brick flat arches. Central 2-light window with, above it, a datestone inscribed "GDG 1794". On either side, a 3-light window. Central Tudor arched stone doorcase with adjoining single light window to right, under a common label mould. C20 door. Beyond, a 3-light window on each side. To left, single storey garage. This building is one of those rebuilt c1790-1820 by George de Ligne Gregory and remodelled in a picturesque style c1820-1840 by Gregory Gregory, successive Lords of the Manor of Harlaxton. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N, Harris J & Antram N: Lincolnshire: London: 1964-1989: 361-362; Rowlands G: Harlaxton Manor: Harlaxton: 1984-: 20-29).

Listing NGR: SK8853032552

External Links

• Wikidata Q26585894

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Recommended Books

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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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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)