Description

BEAFORD CHURCH STREET, Beaford
SS 5515
20/43 Sunny-View
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GV II

Smithy, now cottage. C18, altered in the early to mid C20. Rendered cob, on
rendered plinth. Thatched roof, gable-ended to left and hipped to right. Brick
stacks.
Plan and development: Two-room central-entrance plan with pair of lateral stacks to
rear. Corner site, ground falls to right. Formerly a blacksmiths shop with only
doorway and left-hand ground-floor window to front. Further windows inserted when
the building was turned into a cottage, probably between the First and Second World
Wars. The smithy probably already had a first floor, if only in a part of it. The
right-hand stack is probably original and the left-hand stack is probably an
insertion. Two-storeys.
Exterior: Asymmetrical fenestration. Four windows to first floor and 2 to ground
floor; mostly early C20 three-light wooden casements. Doorway off-centre to left
with C20 six-panelled door and late C20 glazed gabled porch. Ground-floor early C20
three-light wooden casement in right-hand return front.
Interior not inspected.
An old photograph shows the building before conversion (Beaford Archive).

Listing NGR: SS5529815040

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26612050

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)