Lancaster Canal Old Blacksmiths Shop Approximately 30 Metres East Of Basin Bridge

LANCASTER

SD4761SE ALDCLIFFE ROAD 1685-1/8/2 (East side (off)) Old Blacksmith's Shop, approximately 30 metres east of Basin Bridge

GV II

Blacksmith's shop and dwelling, now used as a store and office. c1800, extended C19 and restored c1991. Built to service traffic on the canal, for the Lancaster Canal Company. Coursed sandstone rubble, slate roof, and chimneys on the original gables. Rectangular plan parallel to the towpath, comprising (to the west) a blacksmith's shop with a dwelling house above it and a stable in an extension to the left, and (to the east) a single-storey workshop or waggon house. The western portion has 2 storeys and 3 x 3 bays. The west gable wall has 3 windows on each floor with recent 36-pane top-hung casements and a doorway in the right-hand corner. The front to the towpath has a window to the left and a doorway to the right on the ground floor and 2 windows with a central doorway on the 1st floor, the door approached up a prominent flight of stone steps, rectangular on plan and protected by iron bar railings. The extension contains a wide blocked doorway with concrete lintel: a new window opening was being made at time of survey. The lower eastern portion has 3 windows and a waggon entrance. INTERIOR: upper floor removed except for principal beams; 2 original fireplaces visible on first floor.

Listing NGR: SD4753661039