NHER 57875 (Building record) - Blacksmith's Cottage and Smithy, Hales

This complex of buildings, inlcuding a late 17th century timber-framed cottage and attached smithy has recently been demolished (June 2012). The 17th cntury cotatge was of one-and -a-half storeys and two bays plus a just off centre axial stack. Very unusual system of tying by using through tenons in the principal posts to avoid having tie beams through the upper rooms. Long tension braces to north gable -end. Smithy with two hearths connected to a single flue over a brick arch