The Old Smithy is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1999. Blacksmith's shop.
The Old Smithy
- WRENN ID
- standing-hall-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 November 1999
- Type
- Blacksmith's shop
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
ST 6316 SHERBORNE YEOVIL ROAD
689/5/10004 The Old Smithy
GV II
Blacksmith's shop. Circa mid C19 remodelling of an earlier building. Stone rubble with dressed stone quoins. Plain tile, pantile and fishscale slate roofs with gabled ends. Brick axial stacks. Ridge ventilator. PLAN: Rectangular smithy open to the roof at centre, with gable-end stacks with hearth at either end, and front wall built out with large 5-light window range; 1-bay 2-storey range at either end. EXTERIOR: The single storey centre breaks forward under a lean-to roof of fishscale slates and with a 5-light window range with overlapping panes. 1-bay 2-storey ranges to left and right with 2-light casements on first floor, 3-light window on ground floor to left and doorway to right. INTERIOR: Hearths at either end. 3-bay queen-strut roof heavily smoke-blackened. Fully equipped with blacksmith's tools. NOTE: This smithy is the premises of the King family, who is said to have practised here for 400 years.
Listing NGR: ST6329316820
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