The Old Smithy is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1983. Smithy.
The Old Smithy
- WRENN ID
- quiet-crypt-spindle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1983
- Type
- Smithy
- Address
- The Old Smithy, Thetford Road, Fakenham Magna
- OS grid reference
- TL 910 764
- Coordinates
- 52.35315, 0.80334
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Smithy is a village smithy, now serving as garages for Pump Green Cottage. It dates from the early 19th century and is a single-storey building constructed of red brick. The roof is fully hipped and covered with black glazed double Roman tiles, featuring a ridge adorned with ornamental tiles and pierced semi-circular cresting. The front of the building has three 'Romanesque' arches, with flat pilasters and four-centred arched heads. There are recessed panels that contain late 20th-century windows set in older openings, which have cambered heads and rectangular hood-moulds. The northernmost archway was originally open and formed the 'traverse' of the smithy, which was in operation until the 1930s.
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