Building record 0448401000 - FORGE HOUSE & FORGE COTTAGE
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (II) 1239361: FORGE HOUSE AND FORGE COTTAGE (DBC6734)
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Type and Period (4)
- (Alternate Type) CRUCK HOUSE (15th Century - 1400 AD? to 1499 AD?)
- INN (18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD? to 1899 AD)
- (Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE (15th Century to 17th Century - 1400 AD? to 1699 AD)
- HOUSE (15th Century to Modern - 1400 AD? to 1999 AD)
Description
Dimensions - Length 20m, Width 9m.
Forge House is a recent name; the house is more familiar to local people as 'The Fleur-de-Lys', the name it bore during the two centuries or so when it was a public house. Externally house is all brick. Internally little timber framing visible, but truss between bays I & II contain remains of 2 cruck blades & possible collar & it is suggested this was a type W cruck. Built 1620s? & extended subsequently. The first occupant who can be assigned to the
house is Hugh Wingrave, in 1615. He was a tile-maker. [Detailed description and analysis, documentary history; plan, sections] (B3).
Grade II. Medieval and C17 with C18 red and grey brick casing. Tiled roof hipped at north end. Dentil eaves. Two storeys, four 2 and 3-light casements to ground floor with brick arches, blocked door on extreme left, modern gabled porch on left and lean-to porch on right (Forge Cottage). Five windows to first floor, all under brick arches except two on left. Interior: remains of cruck truss in first bay from left, C17 timbering and stack (B4, B6).
Sources (4)
- <3>SBC15150 Article in serial: John Chenevix Trench. 1983. 'The Houses of Coleshill: The Social Anatomy of a 17th Century Village', in Recs of Bucks 25 pp62-109. Vol 25. pp84-88; Fig 15.
- <4>SBC19816 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1984. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Buckinghamshire: Chiltern District: Parishes of Amersham, Chesham Bois and Coleshill. p110.
- <5>SBC19664 Bibliographic reference: Nikolaus Pevsner & Elizabeth Williamson. 1994. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. p259.
- <6>SBC23395 Digital archive: Vernacular Architecture Group. 2004 onwards. Vernacular Architecture Group: Cruck Database.
Location
| Grid reference | SU 94820 94995 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | COLESHILL, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC13590)
Record last edited
Jul 24 2026 11:51AM
