Description

TQ 53 NW
7/485

SPELDHURST
THE GREEN (east side), LANGTON GREEN
Forge approx 5m north of Forge House

GV
II

Former forge, now converted to offices. Early/mid C19, converted circa 1980.
Coursed blocks of sandstone ashlar, some brick at rear end; peg-tile roof.

Plan: Low building on a rough east west axis, its west end gable-end onto The
Green, it faces south towards Forge House. It now has a 3-room plan. It is
not known whether any of the internal crosswalls date from the C19.

Single storey.

Exterior: Irregular front has 3 windows and 3 doorways. All occupy original
openings except that the right end window is blocking another original
doorway. Windows and part-glazed doors are all C20. Roof is gable-ended and
includes a couple of C20 skylights. Front (west) gable is stone ashlar with
shaped kneelers and coping and it contains a ventilator slit with chamfered
surround.

Interior: Plain carpentry detail.

This former forge is a well-built stone building which forms part of an
attractive and varied group of building along the east side of The Green.

Listing NGR: TQ5435839302

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26533463

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Recommended Books

• 
  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
• 
  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets