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forge/smithy — GORTEEN (GE. BY.)

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forge/smithy — GORTEEN (GE. BY.)
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Detached gable-fronted single-bay single-storey forge, built c.1860, with horseshoe entrance. No longer in use. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles and yellow brick chimneystack. Random coursed limestone walls, ruled and lined rendered to front and north-facing side elevation. Tooled limestone horseshoe door opening to front elevation, glazed and used as display window. Square-headed window opening to south-facing side elevation with sandstone lintel and sill. Square-headed door opening to north-facing side elevation with timber battened door. Cast-iron wall mounted post box, c.1905, in front elevation wall with ER VII insignia and crown motif.

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