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Latitude: 53.6492 / 53°38'57"N
Longitude: -1.3804 / 1°22'49"W
OS Eastings: 441052
OS Northings: 417141
OS Grid: SE410171
Mapcode National: GBR LVS7.YL
Mapcode Global: WHDCC.RJVT
Plus Code: 9C5WJJX9+MR
Entry Name: The Old Forge
Listing Date: 9 October 1987
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1262129
English Heritage Legacy ID: 435869
ID on this website: 101262129
Location: Wragby, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF4
County: Wakefield
Civil Parish: Hessle and Hill Top
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Yorkshire
Church of England Parish: Kinsley with Wragby
Church of England Diocese: Leeds
Tagged with: Smithy
SE 41 NW
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HESSLE AND HILLTOP
DONCASTER R0AD
(north side) Wragby
The Old Forge
GV
II
Forge. Probably later C18, altered in C19. Coursed grooved sandstone
blocks, stone slate roof. Rectangular plan. Single storey, 4 bays; 4 square
6-pane fixed windows with stone sills and heads; hipped roof. Left end wall
has an elliptical arched wagon doorway now covered by external sliding doors;
right-hand end has a lean-to extension with a brick chimney at the junction;
rear has a doorway and 3 square 6-pane fixed windows, and an added external
hooping furnace of brick, with a chimney.
Interior: many original features survive, including forge hearth and
quenching trough at east end. Building still in use as a workshop at time of
survey (1986).
Listing NGR: SE4105217141
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