The Old Smithy

The Old Smithy is a cottage that dates back to around 1600, with a late 17th century or early 18th century addition and further alterations and additions from the late 19th century. It features a timber frame with painted brick nogging set on a rendered plinth, and has been extended with raised eaves in painted brick. The roof is covered with machine tiles. The framing consists of square panels, with two extending from the sole plate to the former wall plate, and short straight corner braces. There is one bay framed in the 17th century, with a circa 1700 addition of one bay and additional 19th century extensions.

The building is two storeys high and has a dentil brick eaves cornice. It has off-centre brick ridge stacks on both the left and right sides, as well as an external brick end stack on the left. The first floor features two 20th century casements, with the left window having two lights. On the ground floor, there is a central 20th century two-light wooden casement, which was formerly a doorway, indicated by the 20th century brick beneath it. To the right, there is a half-glazed door with a 20th century gabled wooden porch. A late 20th century gabled porch projects to the left, also with a half-glazed door.

To the left, there is a 19th century addition that includes a first-floor 20th century two-light wooden casement and a ground-floor segmental-headed 19th century two-light casement. Inside, the central ground-floor room features an ogee-stopped spine beam and an open fireplace with a chamfered wooden lintel. The roof includes a circa 1600 truss with a cambered tie-beam, collar, and queen struts.