Smithy Cottage, the Forge, and Former Smithy Adjoining to North
SMITHY COTTAGE, THE FORGE, AND FORMER SMITHY ADJOINING TO NORTH
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1362530
- Date first listed:
- 04-Dec-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Smithy Cottage, the Forge, and Former Smithy Adjoining to North
- Statutory Address:
- SMITHY COTTAGE, THE FORGE, AND FORMER SMITHY ADJOINING TO NORTH
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1362530
- Date first listed:
- 04-Dec-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Smithy Cottage, the Forge, and Former Smithy Adjoining to North
- Statutory Address 1:
- SMITHY COTTAGE, THE FORGE, AND FORMER SMITHY ADJOINING TO NORTH
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- SMITHY COTTAGE, THE FORGE, AND FORMER SMITHY ADJOINING TO NORTH
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Lancashire
- District:
- Lancaster (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Arkholme-with-Cawood
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 58286 72183
Details
ARKHOLME-WITH-CAWOOD SD 57 SE 4/9 Smithy Cottage, The Forge, and former smithy adjoining to north
GV II
Pair of houses and smithy, c.1817. Slobbered rubble with slate roof. 2 storeys. House windows and doors have plain stone surrounds. Smithy Cottage, at the left, has a ground-floor window with glazing bars, one pane opening. On the 1st floor are 2 windows, with 6-pane and 4-pane sashes. Door at right. Left-hand gable chimney. The Forge is of one bay having windows with small panes, some opening as casements. Door at left. At the right is a 1st floor door, reached by a flight of external stone steps against the projecting wall of the smithy. Chimneys at left, and at right in wall of smithy. The smithy has a wide opening at the left, with curved timber lintel, the area inside being open to the street. Above is a blocked opening wih timber lintel. To the right are a door and a window, both with plain reveals, the window with an external wooden shutter. Chippindall, W.H. 'The History of the Township of Arkholme', Chetham Soc. N.S. 90, p.46.
Listing NGR: SD5828672183
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 182303
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Chippindall, W H, Newsheet in Newsheet, (1931), 46
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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