Survey Data
Reg No
14306070
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Forge/smithy
In Use As
Office
Date
1860 - 1865
Coordinates
255269, 280486
Date Recorded
01/05/2002
Date Updated
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Description
Detached gable-fronted single-bay single-storey former forge, built 1864. Horseshoe-shaped opening in gable wall with rock-faced voussoirs. Rubble stone walls with strap pointing and rock-faced quoins. Square-headed openings to side elevations with tooled stone surrounds and sills. Date plaque to gable wall. Replacement pitched tile roof with barge boards.
Appraisal
Though this building has been recently modernised, it retains its fine stone work. Architecturally it belongs to an interesting forge type, with the horseshoe-shaped gable opening.