What is recorded here
Detached single-storey single-bay former forge, built 1866. Now used as a domestic outbuilding. Fronts directly onto road. Pitched slate roof with terracotta chimney pot and terracotta ridge tiles. Random coursed limestone walls, repointed, with tooled quoins and eaves course. Sandstone lintels to window openings with yellow brick surrounds and replacement timber windows. Round-arched yellow brick door opening with limestone jambs and double timber battened. Wrought-iron gate to side.
This simple forge, which has survived almost intact, attests to the skill of local craftsmen. With random coursed walls contrasting with tooled stone detailing and yellow brick, it forms an aesthetically pleasing structure. It is an significant feature in the historical fabric of Clonbulloge.
From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 14809003
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Sarah777, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Kenneth Gallery Smyth, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
- Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Zairon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
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