Spurstow Smithy is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 August 1984. Smithy.

Spurstow Smithy

WRENN ID
hushed-iron-ebony
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire East
Country
England
Date first listed
3 August 1984
Type
Smithy
Source
Historic England listing

Description

SJ 55 NE SPURSTOW C P SPURSTOW

2/67 Spurstow Smithy

II

Smithy, circa 1870, built as part of the Crewe Estate. Red brick in English Garden Wall Bond with blue tile roof. Single storey, 4 bays, 2-light cast iron lattice windows with stone sills and segmental arches. Carriage opening has bullnosed quoins, corbels and moulded stone padstones supporting timber opening lintel. Half-hipped gables, courses of shaped tiles in roof and diamond shaped ridge ventilators. Exposed plate and purlin ends at gable overhangs. West gable stack with heavy brick cap. Metal finial with Crewe Estate emblem to east gable. Interior: The west forge is still in use, the flue of the east forge goes to underside of roof but the stack has been removed and the opening tiled over. A cross-wall divides the forge and shoeing areas. Queen-post trusses support the roof.

Listing NGR: SJ5651556983

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