Description

SY 6399 SYDLING ST N1CH0LAS HIGH STREET, (west
side)

12/184 No. 11 and attached
26.1.56 Smithy (formerly listed as
cottage 10 yds of N of East
GV II House Cottage)

Former B1acksmith's Cottage and attached smithy. Mid C18, with
C19 (re)building of smithy. Cottage has knapped flint and
chalk-block walls, with mainly chalk-block quoins. Thatch
roof with gable ends. Brick stacks at gable-ends, C19. Two
storeys. Two windows, mainly 2-light wood casements with
horizontal blazing-bars, 3-light at left ground. Blocked
window over doorway. Segmental brick arches to windows. Front
door at centre, with flush- and fielded-panel door, C19. Iron
trelliswork porch with iron letters in roundels, ROGER J over
top and BLACK, SMITH to vertical stanchions. Smithy is attached
at south end, rubble-stone walls and brick quoins, brick
dressings. Slate roof with gable-end at left hand. Two fixed
windows with segmental brick arches over. Plank stable-type
door at left hand. Interior: forge and sziith's tools inside.
Penthouse (shoeing-area), rubble-stone range at rear, with
slate roof, is included.

Listing NGR: SY6314399470

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26412730

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Recommended Books

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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)