Description

NZ8006-8106
15/20

EGTON,
EGTON VILLAGE (east side),
The Forge and Market Place Cottage

6.10.69

GV II

Two houses. 1704 on lintel, altered in C19 and C20. Hammered and herringbone-tooled sandstone; pantile roof with stone dressings, stone and brick stacks. 2-storey, 4-window front to The Forge, with 2-storey bay at left; 2-storey, 2-window front to Market Place Cottage. The Forge (to left): 4-panel door in quoined and chamfered opening beneath attached flat hoodmould. Lintel inscribed: 1704. Left of door, C19 2-light mullioned window with 6-pane casements. 4-pane sash window at right and small 4-pane firewindow at right end. First floor windows: C19 2-light mullioned window with 8-pane sashes at left end; 12-pane sash over door; two 4-pane sashes at right end. Coped gables and shaped kneelers. End and centre stacks. C20 board door beneath tooled lintel in bay to left. Market Place Cottage: inserted board door between C20 altered windows. Small 4-pane fixed light in chamfered and quoined opening at far left. C20 windows on first floor. Coped right gable and right end stack. Rear: quoined and chamfered doorway and chamfered stone window surrounds survive. Market Place Cottage included for group value.

Listing NGR: NZ8085506518

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26468290

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Recommended Books

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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (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