Description

HARLAXTON
SK8832 HIGH STREET
1315-0/14/197 (East side)
24/09/79 No.77
The Forge
(Formerly Listed as:
SWINE HILL
The Forge)
GV II

House. Dated 1794, remodelled c1830, with addition in matching
style late C20. Brick with ashlar dressings and renewed plain
tile roofs. 2 stone gable stacks with coped square double
flues. Dentillated eaves, coped gables. 2 storeys; 3 window
range. Openings have stone surrounds and mullions and leaded
glazing, under earlier brick flat arches. Central 2-light
window with, above it, a datestone inscribed "GDG 1794". On
either side, a 3-light window. Central Tudor arched stone
doorcase with adjoining single light window to right, under a
common label mould. C20 door. Beyond, a 3-light window on each
side. To left, single storey garage.
This building is one of those rebuilt c1790-1820 by George de
Ligne Gregory and remodelled in a picturesque style c1820-1840
by Gregory Gregory, successive Lords of the Manor of
Harlaxton.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N, Harris J & Antram N:
Lincolnshire: London: 1964-1989: 361-362; Rowlands G:
Harlaxton Manor: Harlaxton: 1984-: 20-29).

Listing NGR: SK8853032552

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26585894

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Recommended Books

• 
  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living