Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
18230
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
04/02/1997
Date of Amendment
04/02/1997
Name of Property
Manafon smithy
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Manafon
Town
Manafon
Locality
Manafon
Easting
311148
Northing
302387
Street Side
N
Location
Located immediately E of The Smithy cottage, at the E end of Manafon village centre.
Description
Broad Class
Industrial
Period
History
The building was erected in the mid C19 to accommodate the smithy, and set slightly away from the estate house.
Exterior
Built partly of stone and partly of brick, with a slate roof. Singly storey, with a brick built stack at the W end. Two window openings, each with a pair of strap-hinged timber shutters, and a pair of double boarded doors, one being original and well covered in horseshoe nails.
Interior
Not seen. Said to preserve most of the original fittings, including the leather bellows, hearth and quenching tanks. Cobbled floor.
Reason for designation
Included as a fine example of a C19 village smithy in near its original condition.
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