Survey Data
Reg No
15304007
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Social, Technical
In Use As
Outbuilding
Date
1830 - 1850
Coordinates
240449, 264069
Date Recorded
30/07/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached single-bay single-storey former forge, built c.1840. Now in use as a store/outbuilding. Pitched tiled roof with raised limestone verges. Built of rubble limestone with a horseshoe-shaped opening with dressed limestone surrounds and sheeted timber double doors. Set back slightly from footpath and forms part of the boundary of the rear yard of the adjacent building, now in use as a restaurant. Located to the east side of Multyfarnham adjacent to River Gaine. Broken blacksmith's stone now placed against building to east.
Appraisal
An appealing small-scale building that retains its early character and form. The building is of particular importance for its original intended use as a forge, representing an early small-scale industrial venture in the locality. The finely carved horsehoe profile of the door is of artistic merit and originally acted almost as a shop sign indicating the intended function of this building. The blacksmith's stone, originally used to form cartwheels, is adjacent to the building and adds to the importance of the site. It remains an interesting and socially important component of the streetscape of Multyfarnham.