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Latitude: 51.6498 / 51°38'59"N
Longitude: 0.2526 / 0°15'9"E
OS Eastings: 555938
OS Northings: 196958
OS Grid: TQ559969
Mapcode National: GBR VX.NCK
Mapcode Global: VHHMW.BSDM
Plus Code: 9F32J7X3+W2
Entry Name: The Forge
Listing Date: 20 February 1976
Last Amended: 9 December 1994
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1293009
English Heritage Legacy ID: 373803
ID on this website: 101293009
Location: Navestock Side, Brentwood, Essex, CM14
County: Essex
District: Brentwood
Civil Parish: Navestock
Traditional County: Essex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Essex
Church of England Parish: Navestock St Thomas
Church of England Diocese: Chelmsford
Tagged with: Smithy
NAVESTOCK
TQ59NE WHEELERS LANE, Navestock Side 723-1/5/529 The Forge 20/02/76 (Formerly Listed as: BRENTWOOD WHEELERS LANE, NAVESTOCK SIDE Navestock Princes Gate Cottage and Forge)
II
House and attached forge. House early C16, rebuilt C17; forge C19. Weatherboard cladding late C18/early C19 but rendered over C19/C20; roof peg-tiled. Rectangular house plan comprising a high end cross-wing to the E, originally jettied. 2 storeys. Windows C19, 2 and 3-light casements. INTERIOR: the partition wall to the hall has display bracing and peg and joint holes for the original bench and draught screen. Carpenters assembly marks and the whole sooted where is once abutted onto the open hall, now all gone. Exterior rising arched braces and centre tenon joists remain together with evidence for mullioned windows and shutter grooves. In the C17 the hall was replaced by 2-storey hall and service room, oak framed with primary bracing and exposed ceiling joists. A centre stack and rear stair tower bridging the hall/solar and cut through the framing of the earlier cross-wing. Jetty of cross-wing underbuilt. Later in the C17 lean to outshut N of the W service room. C19 continuation of outshut to meet stair tower and addition of back to back fireplaces in the service room/outshut. Forge added to NE angle. Flimsy timber construction. Forge hearth and hood in brick with iron reinforcement. Renovation work in progress at time of inspection.
Listing NGR: TQ5593896958
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