Building record 4428/0/26 - 3, The Old Smithy, Northampton Road

A former blacksmith’s workshop that retains its historic features, principally its wooden double doors and semi-circular fanlight above and adjacent large window with iron window frame. Locally listed building.

{1} The building is constructed of ironstone, its gable end faces the road, with on the left large double doors surmounted by a large fanlight and, on the right, a large cast-iron framed rectangular window of six lights high and six lights across. Behind is an area of about 18 feet square, extending to an arch spanning the whole width. This probably was the extent of the original blacksmith's forge. Beyond the arch the space continues for about a further 9 feet. On the north side of this appears to have been the hearth, although the chimney has been removed from above the slate roof. Thomas Coleman was the blacksmith here in 1841. His son William took over the premises as an agricultural implement maker. Later only blacksmithing was carried out here.

{2} Photo.

<1> Northamptonshire Industrial Archaeology Group, 2001, NIAG Industrial Gazetteer, (unchecked) (Draft). SNN101121.

<2> Northamptonshire Industrial Archaeology Group, 2001, A Guide To The Industrial Heritage Of Northamptonshire, Site 61 (checked) (Gazetteer). SNN104759.

<3> Northamptonshire Industrial Archaeology Group, 2011, A Guide To The Industrial Heritage of Northamptonshire (2nd Edition), Site 64 (checked) (Gazetteer). SNN107622.

<4> Daventry District Council, 2020, Chapel Brampton Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan, p. 49 (Policy Document). SNN112496.

Record last edited

May 12 2025 9:25AM