Interior view of one of the forges at the Old Blacksmith's Workshop, showing a large open hearth with bellows beside it, tools hanging on the wall and a workbench in the foreground

Date:: 10 Jun 1975

Location:: Old Blacksmith's Shop, Estate Yard, Brancepeth, County Durham; Show all locations

The Old Forge, Brancepeth, County Durham

Reference:: BB056214

Type:: Photograph (Negative)

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Description

This particular room in the workshop appears to have had two large hearths facing eachother on opposite walls, with a workbench between them. The Blacksmith's Workshop was subsequently converted into a dwelling. It appears to have consisted of two or three workshops, each with separate (or dual) hearths. The Blacksmith's Workshop was subsequently converted into a dwelling, but some of the workshop's features, including a hearth similar to this one, have been retained.

Content

This is part of the Job: 11/00030 Old Blacksmith's Shop, Estate Yard, Brancepeth; within the Volume: BF039928 Old Blacksmith's Shop, Estate Yard, Brancepeth; within the Sub Series: RCH01/002/030 RCHME Architectural Requests: County Durham; within the Series: RCH01/002 Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England: Architectural Requests; within the Collection: RCH01 Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (RCHME) Archive

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Keywords

Hearth, Post Medieval Forge, Post Medieval Blacksmiths Workshop