Description

WETHERAL GREAT CORBY
NY 4754

15/130 Blacksmith's Shop

II

Motor repair workshop, formerly blacksmith's shop. 1833, in Roman numerals on
one pillar and initials C.M.H. (Howard) on the other, for the Howard family of
Corby Castle. Tooled red sandstone ashlar with moulded dressings, slate roof
and brick chimney stack. Single storey and attic, of one bay: built to
represent Vulcan's forge. Porch has 2 short columns with free capitals, rounded
moulded arch with carved circular panel (much weathered), moulded cornice and
blocking course: round-headed entrance, with continuous roll-moulding which
Pevsner (Buildings of England) considers to have come from a church and dates to
c.1200. Decorative butresses to either side of porch, with short walls ending
in moulded piers, form back-rest to stone seats. Covered porch was for shoeing
horses. Thick iron studded oak door and no windows to front.

Listing NGR: NY4720354393

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26620103

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Recommended Books

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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]