Listed Building: OLD SMITHY COTTAGE (1278694)

SJ 77 NE MOBBERLEY C.P. TOWN LANE 6/78 Old Smithy Cottage II House. Early C17. With late C17 addition. Cruck construction with brick infill and thatched roof. Single cell plan with further 1-cell addition 1½ storeys. Road frontage has whitewashed rendered walls, one 3-light casement window (C19 replacement) with shutters. Framing rendered - only wall-plate is visible. Gable chimney stack of 2 flues to left and corner chimney at front right. Rear elevation similar but stone plinth unobscured by pavement. Later (probably C19) one storey utility wing abuts. Roof sweeps down almost to ground at right of utility block. One shuttered replacement 3-light window to left. Side elevation (to main road) indicates timber framing with cruck and collar-beam beneath rendering and whitewash. Interior: 2 full crucks to western end with purlins, ridge and close rafters. Similar arrangement at east end but truss embedded in end wall. Listing NGR: SJ7901379676