Blacksmith'S Cottage

SP 0033 ALDERTON BLACKSMITH'S ROAD (west side)

13/10 Blacksmith's Cottage

GV II

Formerly 3 cottages now one. Mid C17-early C18. Square-panelled timber framing with rendered infill and coursed squared and dressed limestone; left gable end rendered; right gable end partly rebuilt in brick. Brick stacks, one on an ashlar stump; thatched roof. Rectangular plan probably extended by one bay to the south. C20 extensions to the rear and the left gable end not of special interest. l½ storeys. Five 2-light steel casements with leaded panes, one single-light casement to the ground floor of the roadside front. Tudor-arched lintel to one casement suggesting it may mark the position of a former doorway. Two-light metal casement with horizontal glazing bars at the centre. Central 2- light eyebrow dormer with horizontal glazing bars. Projecting gable-end stacks and axial or possibly former gable-end stack. C20 two-light casement to the ground floor of the right gable end; two small C19 casements to the upper floor. Two C20 two-light steel casements to the left gable end. Entry now via C20 extension at the south gable end. Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SP0014733244