The Blacksmith'S Arms Restaurant

AISLABY A 170 SE 7685-7785 (north side) 12/2 The Blacksmith's Arms Restaurant GV II

Inn and smithy, now restaurant. Early C18 smithy and late C18 inn: buildings converted to present use in 1967. Squared limestone with pantile and slate roofs and brick stacks. 2-storey, 3-window front to former inn; left lower 2-storey, 2-window former smithy; single-storey outbuilding at far left. Former inn: door of 6 recessed panels beneath timber lintel. To left of door, 2 inserted small-pane bow windows. To right of door and on first floor 3-light, large-pane horizontal-sliding sashes with timber lintels and no sills. Coped gables and shaped kneelers. End and right-of- centre stacks. Former smithy: stable doors beneath timber lintels at each end. Small-pane bow window to right of left-hand door; other windows 3-light, large-pane horizontal-sliding sashes with timber lintels. Coped gable and shaped kneeler at left end. Centre stack. Outbuilding: C20 board door flanked by 2-light, small-pane horizontal-sliding sashes, all with timber lintels. Interior: in the former inn chamfered spine beams and chamfered square-section joists are exposed in the area to left of door. Former Smithy has quarter-round moulded joists throughout. Remains of forge have been retained in room to left. On the first floor a single pair of raised crucks are visible to the collar.

Listing NGR: SE7775385672