Description

SS 80 SW CREDITON HAMLETS WESTWOOD

3/139 The Old Smithy and adjoining cob
26.8.65 wall to south-east

GV II

House, formerly 2 cottages and forge and adjoining cob boundary wall. Probably
C18, modernised in mid C20. Plastered cob on rubble footings; cob or rubble stacks
with brick tops; thatched roof to main block, slated to rear. L-shaped building
with main block facing north-west and breaking its line right of centre.
Originally the Forge was right of break, a 2 room cottage left of break with 1 room
cottage to rear of left side. 2 storeys. 3 window front of C20 wooden sashes with
glazing bars and C19 and C20 casements with glazing bars. Former Forge entrance at
right end now blocked by triple arrangement of C20 sashes. Plain carpentry detail
inside. Wall of plastered cob on rubble footings with corrugated iron capping
extends from back of rear cottage south-east to meet similar cob wall belonging to
Glen Cottage (q.v.)

Listing NGR: SS8228900118

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26563239

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)