Survey Data
Reg No
11207019
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Social, Technical
Original Use
Forge/smithy
Date
1800 - 1830
Coordinates
298737, 230671
Date Recorded
05/06/2002
Date Updated
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Description
Detached two-bay single-storey former blacksmith's forge, c.1820, now disused. Rubble stone walls with squared quoins. Barred timber sash window. Wide timber tongue and groove door. Privy to front. Disused rubble and brick outbuildings to north-west with corrugated-iron roof. Wrought-iron picket gates.
Appraisal
This simple vernacular forge retains many original materials. It is a valuable document of the industrial heritage and social history of the Hazelhatch area, sited close to the stables and on the canal bank.