Monument record 4646 - Eaton Smithy

Smithy, circa 1850, red tooled sandstone with hipped slate roof. A single roomed almost square building. Central half heck door on strap-hinges flanked by window frames containing single sheets of glass. At the rear there is a large sliding door and a 2-light casement. There is a half-heck door on the north side of the smithy. Internally: The normal open hearth, anvil, bench and smithy fittings. The building occupies a key site at the end of the village green near the village well and the remains of the village stocks (1). Photographed in 2007 (2 & 3).

<1> English Heritage, 2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 57276 (Digital Archive). SCH4666.

<2> Castlering Archaeology, 2008, Cheshire County Council Heritage Assets Condition Assessment 2007, See 4595 (Client Report). SCH4931.

<3> Castlering Archaeology, 2008, Cheshire County Council Heritage Assets Condition Assessment 2007, See 4595 (Digital Archive). SCH4933.