Description

SO 39 SE NORBURY C.P. NORBURY

7/32 The White House and
The Smithy with attached
21.3.68 blacksmith's shop (formerly
listed as White House and
Smithy House)

GV II

Pair of labourer's cottages and attached smithy. Mid-C19, central plastered
datestone, however, said to be inscribed WM . Roughcast rubblestone walls,
slate roof with shared late C19 central 1770 brick ridge stack. 2 storeys;
2 multi-paned mid-C19 metal casements with Gothic glazing. Those to ground
floor under cambered heads; entrances to left and right through C19 ledged
doors under C20 porches. Both cottages retain massive beams and heavy joists
and late C19 cast iron ranges in their ground floor fireplaces. Blacksmith's
shop. Attached to right hand end of The Smithy. Probably mid C19. Random
limestone rubble slate roof and brick end stack. Entrance through double
doors to left, window and hatch to right. Interior retains anvil, 2 forges,
pear shaped bellows, 2 vices and other equipment. Still in occasional use.

Listing NGR: SO3635492869

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26469991

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings