Description

HORWOOD HORWOOD
SS 52 NW
4/57 The Forge
GV II
House with blacksmiths shop attached. Probably C17, but entirely remodelled in
C19. Rendered stone and cob. Slate roof with stack at each end and axial stack.
3 rooms in line forming 2 units of accommodation, but with internal access between
the 2 units. Left side comprises single cell unit with front entrance, stairs to
new right-hand corner of room. Right side has direct entry to main living room
heated by axial stack with small kitchen/dairy at right end with staircase to rear.
Rear outshut, blacksmiths workshop attached at right gable end.
2 storeys. 3-window range. C19 2-light casements, 6 panes per light, with 2
infilled window openings to left side. 2 porches to ground floor with slate roofs,
C20 doors. Left-hand porch has a 2-light casement, 2 panes per light to left and a
single 2-paned light window to right. Right-hand porch has a 2-light window 2
panes per light to left and 4 paned single light window to right. Continuous
outshut to rear with part corrugated iron, part slate roof. Blacksmiths workshop
at right end has tiled roof. Part of a pointed arched canopy survives over the
forge.
Interior: house has remarkably unspoilt late C19/early C20 interior including
joinery and fittings. A cast iron range still heats the living room, made by T Lee
of Horwood - the grandfather of the present occupier. Roof structure replaced in
C20.

Listing NGR: SS5019127646

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26595728

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Recommended Books

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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)