Forest Farm

Built in 1867 this former farmhouse gives an impressive display of Lord Lovelace’s characteristic brick and flint decorations.

Forest Farm is a former farm cottage, now a Grade II listed private residence on Forest Road. It was built in 1867 and originally named ‘Lower Forest’ as the carved brick inscription below the apex still testifies. 

The house bears all of Lord Lovelace’s typical style with elaborate flint and brickwork including some fine features with dentils and moulded corbelling and a string of regimental badges with dentils above and a band of guilloching beneath. The large chimney stacks are still original although the current windows are replacements. 

In 1985, the house was on the point of being demolished when a last-minute listing application saved this historic building from the contractor’s crew.