Survey Data

Reg No

21901231


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Architectural, Social


Original Use

Forge/smithy


Date

1840 - 1860


Coordinates

151037, 153019


Date Recorded

25/09/2008


Date Updated

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Description

Detached two-bay single-storey former forge, built c. 1850. Pitched artificial slate roof with terracotta ridge crestings, brick chimneystack and render copings. Snecked limestone walls. Square-headed window opening having limestone sill and double-leaf timber battened shutters. Square-headed opening with timber battened door. Rubble limestone boundary walls, curved to north. Single-leaf cast-iron pedestrian gate to south boundary wall.

Appraisal

This is a well-preserved example of a forge, associated with the former Elm Park demesne. Though functional in construction, it presents a handsome façade to the roadside, with its decorative roofline and timber fittings. It retains its historic form and much of its fabric including the well preserved boundary walls. This building adds significantly to the social and cultural heritage of the area.