NHER 41248 (Building record) - Old Forge, 3 The Green

On north side of village green, the old forge and smithy.
House of three bays two storeys, but not symmetrical. Space left of left hand bay wider than that right of right hand bay on south front. Galletted carrstone blocks. Windows, and central doorway, in brick with horizontal skintlings. Ground floor windows have arches embraced by quoins. Head of door remade and window frames replaced. Pantile roof with internal gable stacks. West gable has tumbling, and window above later brick shed. North wall with later brick extensions, otherwise of similar build with one small first floor window. East gable of blocks at top but below, where forge is attached, much rougher carrstone rubble with some reused limestone. Plaque illegible. To east, smithy buildings have north wall of carstone bocks, carrstone and brick south wall with some reused limestone. Interior of house has central wide stair in line with door, room to each side. Stairs fork for two steps each way to first floor, where there is an additional room over entrance; 19th century firegrate in west wall. Smithy has collapsed (perhaps demolished). The building dates to the early 19th century.
See photo (S1) in file.
E. Rose (NLA) 17 March 2005.