Description

SS 80 SW SANDFORD THE SQUARE
(west side) Sandford

3/273 The Old Smithy

GV II

House and adjoining cobbler's shop, now one house. Late C17-early C18, extended in
C19. Plastered cob on rubble footings; cob and rubble stacks topped with C19
brick; thatched roof. Gable-ended house facing north-east comprising an original
2-room house with central through passage and end stack to left (south-east) room.
In C19 stair inserted blocking passage. End (now axial) stack added to right room
and shop built onto right (north-west) end. 2 storeys. Overall 3-window front of
late C19-early C20 3-light casements with glazing bars and flat stucco architraves.
2 windows to original cottage with central door under small hood. Shop window to
right blocked by C20 door and window with glazing bars. Some late C17-early C18
features exposed inside including cob fireplace with plain oak lintel and chamfered
crossbeam with run-out stops to right room and plank door with applied panel front
from passage to left room.
Roof inaccessible.

Listing NGR: SS8283202424

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26562640

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Recommended Books

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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)