Description

EARDISLEY CP HIGH STREET (west side)
SO 3049 - 3149
7/69 The Forge
16.10.67
GV II
House and former smithy. C14, altered probably C17, mid-C19 and mid-C20.
Timber-framed with painted brick infill and replacement walling, stone-tiled
roof laid in diminishing courses and some machine tiles, half-hipped at south
end and with brick ridge stack. Cruck hall house of three framed bays aligned
north/south with inserted chimney at junction of northern and central bays.
Single storey and attic with dormers. Framing: cruck truss exposed at south
end. Two and three panels from sill to wall-plate. East front elevation:
there is a 2-light C19 casement with a cambered brick head and a small
rectangular window on the ground floor. Above there is a raking-top dormer
and a gabled dormer, both with 2-light casements. Main entrance in north bay
has a gabled canopy on shaped brackets and a half-glazed C19 door. A large
single-storey C20 wing adjoins the southern end of the front elevation and
there is also a large C20 rear wing. Interior: cruck truss between central
and north bay recorded to have a chamfered arch-braced collar. One other cruck
truss survives. (RCHM, III, p 54, item 14; Alcock, NW: CBA Cruck Catalogue, 1981).

Listing NGR: SO3108849530

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26632856

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Recommended Books

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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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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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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)