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Summary

Unlisted late 20th century former forge building, converted into a detached house

Monument Type(s):

• FORGE (Late 20th century - 1971 AD to 2000 AD)
• OFFICE (Late 20th century - Present - 1983 AD to 1986 AD)
• DETACHED HOUSE (Late 20th century - Present - 1986 AD to 1986 AD)

Full Description

Old Forge House is an unlisted, two storey, detached house with red brick walls and a tiled roof <1>. It is not shown on the Fifth Edition OS map of 1972 <2>, but was the subject of a planning application in 1983 <3>, so must have been built in the intervening decade. The 1983 planning application (83/19392/ADD), which includes a location plan showing the building, identifies it as the 'existing forge', part of the saw mill (MWB21200) that dominates the site on the Fifth Edition map.

The 1983 planning application was to convert the building into office accommodation. Further applications in 1986 (86/27065/ADD and 86/27755/ADD) were approved to convert and extend the offices into a residential house <3>.

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