Description

SE 81 SE FLIXBOROUGH LODGE LANE
(west side)

4/36 The Smithy
-

- II

House and smithy. Mid C19 with earlier origins, for the Sheffield
Estate. Red brick, with side and rear walls of shoeing shop in coursed
ironstone rubble; pantile roofs. House: 2 storeys, 3 bays, lower
single-bay kitchen section to left, and a longer lower section to right
containing the forge and shoeing shop. House: central plank door with
two 12-pane sliding sashes to left, 1 to right and similar windows
above, all with stone cills. Forge to right has plank stable door and
large workshop casement with vertical glazing bars. Former shoeing shop
has double plank doors. All ground floor openings have segmental brick
arches. 2 attic sliding sashes to left gable, and plank door to attic
of shoeing shop in right gable. Interior of shoeing shop contains re-
used C15 moulded ceiling beam, other re-used beams in house are recent
insertions. The forge is complete and in use. A fine example of an
unaltered purpose-built village forge and smith's house.

Listing NGR: SE8711914938

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26455113

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