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Old Forge House

A Grade II Listed Building in Grosmont, Monmouthshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.8767 / 51°52'36"N

Longitude: -2.9257 / 2°55'32"W

OS Eastings: 336369

OS Northings: 220200

OS Grid: SO363202

Mapcode National: GBR F9.RWDL

Mapcode Global: VH792.73N4

Plus Code: 9C3VV3GF+MP

Entry Name: Old Forge House

Listing Date: 9 January 1956

Last Amended: 19 October 2000

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 1956

Building Class: Industrial

ID on this website: 300001956

Location: S of the minor road junction, some 300m NE of Llangattock Lingoed Church.

County: Monmouthshire

Town: Abergavenny

Community: Grosmont (Y Grysmwnt)

Community: Grosmont

Locality: Llangattock Lingoed

Traditional County: Monmouthshire

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History

Rare surviving probably late C15 three bay, cruck framed hall-house. Only two centre open cruck trusses of the former open hall survive. The hall was subsequently floored, probably in the early C17, when a third room, the forge, was added at the E end. The house survived with few subsequent changes, but by the late C20 had fallen into serious disrepair. Subsequently, during the late 1990s, it has been carefully repaired and renovated.

Exterior

Limewashed rubble stone; stone tiles laid in diminishing courses. Single storey plus attic. S front comprises house (left) and attached forge with lower roof line (right). Ground floor of house has two restored 4-light diamond mullion windows with dripstones; and forge, a C20 porch and (right) a C20 2-light casement. W gable has C20 3-light mullion in upper gable, and C20 boarded door and 2 2 casement on ground floor. E elevation a restored 3-light diamond mullion (left), then a restored C17 2-light diamond mullion, and (right) a C20 4-light window with dripstone.

Interior

Former gable entry to hall-house (now through C20 porch). Entrance doorway has Tudor-arched head and plank and batten door with applied cover fillets and strap hinges. Two unit plan with hall and partitioned service rooms at lower end. Hall has chamfered ceiling beams with hollow and fillet (Wern-hir) stops and joists with roll moulding at the angles. Fine post and panel partition has chamfered posts with double bead moulding. Doorways (at each end) have plank and batten doors with applied fillets. Service rooms are separated by similar partition; C20 joists match those in hall. Fireplace stair from hall gives access to upper floor. Two open cruck trusses of former three-bayed hall survive and the smoke blackened roof timbers of former open hall are visible. An additional framed truss has been inserted, and a collar added to each pair of crucks. The forge contains remains of the former bellows and flue.

Reasons for Listing

Included as rare and well-preserved example of a C15 three-bay hall-house, including fine detail of the C17, when the house was extended and a floor inserted in the former open hall.

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  • I Church of St Cadoc
    In a sloping churchyard, in the centre of Llangattock Lingoed.
  • II Cwm Farmhouse
    Approximately 3 km N of Llanvetherine, on W side of the minor road which runs NW from Old Court.
  • II Barn at Cwm farm
    Cwm Farm is on W side of lane about 300m N of Old Court.
  • II* Cider House at Cwm Farm
    Approximately 3 km N of Llanvetherine, on W side of the minor road which runs NW from Old Court. The cider house is located at the back of Cwm farmhouse, separated from the house by a narrow alleyway.
  • II* Old Court including Former Cider House, Granary and Stable Range
    Approximately 1km S of Llangattock Lingoed on the W side of the minor road which runs SW towards Llanvetherine.
  • II Barn at Old Court
    Approximately 1km S of Llangattock Lingoed on the W side of the minor road to Llanvetherine. The barn lies some 40m SW of the house at Old Court.
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