Description

SE 9600-9700 REDBOURNE SCHOOL LANE
(north side)

21/66 Old Smithy

GV II

Smithy. C19 with earlier origins, for Duke of St Albans Estate. C20
renovations. Coursed limestone rubble with limestone ashlar dressings,
brick plinth, timber portico with weather-boarded gable to left, Welsh slate
roof. Classical style. Plan: single-room with portico to left, open to
south front and gable-end. Single storey, entrance to south. Plinth,
ashlar quoins. Wide entrance with ashlar surround beneath re-used timber
lintel; cast-iron tyre-bender attached to wall on left. Section to left: 2
timber columns on padstones supporting timber wall-plate. End stack to
right and axial stack with decorative caps. Right return: 3 timber columns
on padstones supporting pedimented gable with a wooden pedestal above,
bearing a carved anvil in relief, and carrying a carved wooden leaping horse
approximately 1 metre high. Rear: blocked central opening with quoins,
containing casement with glazing bars. Open section contains board door to
smithy and C20 timber seat. Interior of smithy has brick and stone floor,
and a pair of brick hearths with chimneys and stone troughs.

Listing NGR: SE9730900018

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26366369

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Recommended Books

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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)