Listing Text

SE 9600-9700 REDBOURNE SCHOOL LANE
(north side)

21/66 Old Smithy

GV II

Smithy. C19 with earlier origins, for Duke of St Albans Estate. C20
renovations. Coursed limestone rubble with limestone ashlar dressings,
brick plinth, timber portico with weather-boarded gable to left, Welsh slate
roof. Classical style. Plan: single-room with portico to left, open to
south front and gable-end. Single storey, entrance to south. Plinth,
ashlar quoins. Wide entrance with ashlar surround beneath re-used timber
lintel; cast-iron tyre-bender attached to wall on left. Section to left: 2
timber columns on padstones supporting timber wall-plate. End stack to
right and axial stack with decorative caps. Right return: 3 timber columns
on padstones supporting pedimented gable with a wooden pedestal above,
bearing a carved anvil in relief, and carrying a carved wooden leaping horse
approximately 1 metre high. Rear: blocked central opening with quoins,
containing casement with glazing bars. Open section contains board door to
smithy and C20 timber seat. Interior of smithy has brick and stone floor,
and a pair of brick hearths with chimneys and stone troughs.

Listing NGR: SE9730900018