Description

TL 86 NE
1/18

GREAT BARTON
THE STREET
The Forge

GV
II

House and smithy, now forming one long range. C17 and later. One-and-a-half
storeys to house; the smithy is the same height, but has no upper floor.
Timber-framed; the house faced in black knapped flint with white brick
dressings, the smithy weatherboarded; a small linking section between the 2
has roughcast in panels. Plaintiles to the main roof; slates to a single-
storey lean-to at the east end. pierced and fluted bargeboards. One internal
chimney-stack, and another added at the east end. The house has 2 3-light
casement windows with square leaded panes, pintle hinges, and arched heads to
frames and surrounds. 2 gabled dormers with similar 2-light leaded casement
windows. 6-panelled entrance door with raised fielded panels, the top 2
glazed, within an ornate C20 wrought-iron porch. The smithy has 2 typical
industrial windows, divided into high, narrow, vertical lights, on each side
of a half-glazed door. The linking section has 2 gabled dormers, matching
those to the house. There is little framing to be seen in the house, but the
smithy, which is still working, contains all its original fittings and has an
open side-purlin roof.

Listing NGR: TL8922267103

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26282510

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair