The Forge in Ballindurrow

Detached single-bay single-storey former forge, built c.1840. Now in use as a store/outbuilding. Pitched tiled roof with raised limestone verges. Built of rubble limestone with a horseshoe-shaped opening with dressed limestone surrounds and sheeted timber double doors. Set back slightly from footpath and forms part of the boundary of the rear yard of the adjacent building, now in use as a restaurant. Located to the east side of Multyfarnham adjacent to River Gaine. Broken blacksmith's stone now placed against building to east.

An appealing small-scale building that retains its early character and form. The building is of particular importance for its original intended use as a forge, representing an early small-scale industrial venture in the locality. The finely carved horsehoe profile of the door is of artistic merit and originally acted almost as a shop sign indicating the intended function of this building. The blacksmith's stone, originally used to form cartwheels, is adjacent to the building and adds to the importance of the site. It remains an interesting and socially important component of the streetscape of Multyfarnham.