Description

SK39NE WENTWORTH CORTWORTH LANE (north side, off)

4/74 Wentworth Forge at Building Yard

GV II

Blacksmith's workshop. Early-mid C19. For the Wentworth Estate. Dressed sandstone, Welsh slate roof. Rectangular plan. Single-storey, 3 bays. Boarded door to left of centre with plain lintel directly beneath eaves. 16-pane sash to left. Boarded garage doors to right under flat arch. Hipped roof, rooflight. Left return: boarded door flanked by renewed casements, lintels tooled as voussoirs. To right: 2 cast-iron doors to a narrow vertical cavity; blind window to right. Rebuilt end stack to left.

Interior: double hearth in workshop to rear. Narrow cavity on left return: fire-brick lined and originally backing onto another hearth; probably used for expanding iron wheel rims prior to fitting. Part of the estate workshop complex. Timber outbuildings to right return not of special interest.

Listing NGR: SK3931898175

External Links

• Wikidata Q26425705

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Recommended Books

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets