Locally Listed Building: Mealor's Blacksmith's, Neston Road (LL31)

Mealors Blacksmiths Shop LL31 (Previously LL NS/1) Address: Neston Road, Ness Architect: Not known Date: c1780 Description A simple pitched roof structure with sandstone walls and white rendered gabled end. On the outside wall facing Neston Road can be seen the typical ¼ moon shaped cusps in the stonework formed by the blacksmith striking the shoe against the sandstone to smooth the edge. (These can also be seen on stones outside Smith’s Cottage, Willaston). Original roof possibly thatch, now corrugated iron. Believed to have been the workplace of Henry Lyon, father of Emma Lyon, later Lady Hamilton. Condition Current use In use as a lawnmower repair shop. Updated January 2007