The Old Forge

THE OLD FORGE, 39, HIGH STREET

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Overview

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1337903
Date first listed:
18-Dec-1986
Statutory Address:
THE OLD FORGE, 39, HIGH STREET
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1337903
Date first listed:
18-Dec-1986
Statutory Address 1:
THE OLD FORGE, 39, HIGH STREET

Location

Statutory Address:
THE OLD FORGE, 39, HIGH STREET

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Essex
District:
Braintree (District Authority)
Parish:
Earls Colne
National Grid Reference:
TL 85749 28929

Details

TL 8428-8528 EARLS COLNE HIGH STREET (north side)

8/75 No. 39 (The Old Forge)

18.12.86

GV II

House and shop. C17, altered in C20. Timber framed, plastered, with C20 imitation framing applied to first-floor front and left side, roofed with handmade red plain tiles. Rectangular plan facing S with 2 internal rear stacks. 2 storeys and attics. Ground floor, one C20 casement and one C20 sash. First floor, one C20 casement and one early C19 sash of 16 lights. 2 gabled dormers, one with C19/20 casement and one with C18 2-light window and wrought iron casement. Hipped roof. 2 C20 glazed doors in left return, to Queen's Road. Wheelwright's shop in C17 and forge from 1747 (Where I Dwell, Earls Colne WEA, 1983, 63).

Listing NGR: TL8574928929

Legacy

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Legacy System number:
115923
Legacy System:
LBS

Sources

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Wherein I Dwell, (1983), 63

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