Spurstow Smithy

Spurstow Smithy is a smithy built around 1870 as part of the Crewe Estate. It is constructed from red brick in English Garden Wall Bond and features a blue tile roof. The building is single storey and consists of four bays, with 2-light cast iron lattice windows that have stone sills and segmental arches. The carriage opening is distinguished by bullnosed quoins, corbels, and moulded stone padstones that support a timber opening lintel. The roof has half-hipped gables, courses of shaped tiles, and diamond-shaped ridge ventilators. The gable overhangs reveal exposed plate and purlin ends, and there is a west gable stack with a heavy brick cap. An east gable features a metal finial with the Crewe Estate emblem.

Inside, the west forge is still operational, while the flue of the east forge leads to the underside of the roof, although the stack has been removed and the opening has been tiled over. A cross-wall separates the forge from the shoeing areas, and the roof is supported by queen-post trusses.