Description

MANNINGTREE HIGH STREET
TM 1031 (south side)

9/152 No. 56 Forge Cottage
and Forge Studios,
(formerly known as Old
Forge Cafe)

GV II

2 cottages with central carriageway. C18 with later alterations and additions.
Part timber framed and plastered, part painted or plastered brick. Red plain
tiled roofs, single bay lower range to left. Red brick chimney stack to rear
range of right build. 2 storeys. A central bressumer runs through the right
range and is supported by brickwork to left of the open carriageway. Dentilled
eaves cornice to right range. 1:2 first floor and 1:1 ground floor small paned
vertically sliding sash windows, segmental heads to left range. 4 panelled door
approached by steps to right of carriageway. Attached to left is the part
plastered, part weatherboarded gable end structure of the old forge with chimney
stack to left, this is now part of the accommodation of Forge Studios.
Important visually at an acute bend in the High Street.

Listing NGR: TM1084631863

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26545994

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Recommended Books

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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas