Description

1.

5280 CHIDDINGSTONE Former Smithy to
Old Forge (formerly
known as Blue Boar
Smithy)
TQ 54 NW

SP/722

0/722

II

2.
Forge. South brick building of late C17 to earlier C18; north timber framed building
possibly earlier but with later alterations.
South building: red brick walls with timber framed north gable. Clay-plain tile
roof but with Horsham slabs below the ridge in east pitch. Brick plinth; some
stone quoins. West elevation with central doorway with brick-on-edge head to
ledged door with long smith's hinges. Boarded south gable with weathervane above
cambered brick head to pair of boarded vehicular doors. Rear elevation with small
square window opening with wooden boarded shutter. Interior: two bays stepped
and chamfered beam; roof with pegged rafters and butt purlins.

A timber framed and weatherboarded cross-wing links North and South wings; cross-wing
has pair of ledged doors; C19 roof with internal wooden ridge-piece.

North wing: timber framed and weatherboarded; clay plain tile roof; red brick stack
to forge. Main hipped roof on E-W axis with roof descending low to north over north
later outshut. West elevation: single light window to north outshut; three light
window and pair of ledged doors. Interior: east end of south wall retains frame
with brace, and fenestration; mortises in wall-plate. Framing in east wall of
original wing replaced partly by some English bond brickwork and later fenestration;
studwork removed from original north wall and renewed in west wall; clasped purlin
roof. Brick forge hearth and bellows retained.

The forge is an outbuilding to the house opposite, with date stone of 1745, now known
as Old Forge, and formerly known as Blue Boar Inn; the smithy marked as such on
early C20 O.S. map. North and south wings, without a link wing, and with south
wing on a different axis, shown on Henry Streatfields estate map of 1765 for Manor
Farm in Parish of Chiddingstone.

Listing NGR: TQ4970645348

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26536822

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)