Information for record number MWA2660:
Smithy at Beausale

Summary The site of a blacksmiths workshop, where iron was worked from the Imperial period onwards. The brick-built workshop is located at Beausale.
What Is It?  
Type: Blacksmiths Workshop, Detached House, Timber Framed House
Period: Imperial - Modern (1700 AD - 2050 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Beausale
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 24 70
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Listed Building (Grade: II)
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 Only working smithy in area surveyed; present brick building late Victorian, replacing earlier structure. Hand bellows still workable. In and around smithy a variety of old equipment (cheese press, portable forge etc). Smith's house next door. 17th century, timber-framed, once the 'Beausale Tavern'.
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4 17th century timber-framed cottage with painted brick infill panels. Plain tile roof with gabled ends. One storey and attic. Two/three-window range. Circa early 19th century two-light casements with glazing bars. Two gabled attic dormers. Plank door off-centre with flat hood. Brick end stack. Circa 18th-19th century single storey brick addition at north end and 19th century two-storey brick wing at rear.
3 The building is in a good state of repair. The brickwork and roof are intact and the ground around is overgrown and littered with junk.
5 The Smithy can be traced back to 1746 and is likely to be in a building older than this date.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Industrial Arch of a Rural Area
Author/originator: Saville E
Date:
Page Number: 4
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Descriptive Text
Title: LBL
Author/originator: DoE
Date: 1987
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: Stratford
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Statuatory List
Title: National Heritage List for England
Author/originator: Historic England
Date:
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Source No: 5
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Research into the medieval landscape history of Beausale by Stephen Wallsgrove
Author/originator: Wallsgrove, S
Date: 2015
Page Number:
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: Thomson D J
Date: 1983
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 4402
   
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designation Listed Building Buildings and structures, such as bridges, that are of architectural or historical importance are placed on a statutory list. These buildings are protected by planning and conservation acts that ensure that their special features of interest are considered before any alterations are made to them.

Depending on how important the buildings are they are classed as Grade I, Grade II* or Grade II. Grade I buildings are those of exceptional interest. Grade II* are particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Those listed as Grade II are those buildings that are regarded of special interest.
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source LBL Listed Building List. Buildings and structures, such as bridges, that are of architectural or historical importance are placed on a list. Buildings placed on the list are protected through various planning and conservation acts which ensure that their special features of interest are considered before any alterations are made to them. The Listed Buildings List is compiled and maintained by English Heritage. It includes details of where the building is, when it was built, a description of its appearance, and any other special features. back
source SMR Card Sites and Monuments Record Card. The Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record began to be developed during the 1970s. The details of individual archaeological sites and findspots were written on record cards. These record cards were used until the 1990s, when their details were entered on to a computerised system. The record cards are still kept at the office of the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
period Modern The Modern Period, about 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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period Medieval 1066 AD to 1539 AD (the 11th century AD to the 16th century AD)

The medieval period comes after the Saxon period and before the post medieval period.

The Medieval period begins in 1066 AD.
This was the year that the Normans, led by William the Conqueror (1066 – 1087), invaded England and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex.
The Medieval period includes the first half of the Tudor period (1485 – 1603 AD), when the Tudor family reigned in England and eventually in Scotland too.

The end of the Medieval period is marked by Henry VIII’s (1509 – 1547) order for the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the years running up to 1539 AD. The whole of this period is sometimes called the Middle Ages.
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period Imperial 1751 AD to 1914 AD (end of the 18th century AD to the beginning of the 20th century AD)

This period comes after the Post Medieval period and before the modern period and starts with beginning of the Industrial Revolution in 1750. It includes the second part of the Hannoverian period (1714 – 1836) and the Victorian period (1837 – 1901). The Imperial period ends with the start of the First World War in 1914.
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period modern About 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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monument HOUSE * A building for human habitation, especially a dwelling place. Use more specific type where known. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument BUILDING * A structure with a roof to provide shelter from the weather for occupants or contents. Use specific type where known. back
monument DETACHED HOUSE * A free-standing house, not joined to another on either side. back
monument ARCH * A structure over an opening usually formed of wedge-shaped blocks of brick or stone held together by mutual pressure and supported at the sides; they can also be formed from moulded concrete/ cast metal. A component; use for free-standing structure only. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument WORKSHOP * A building or room used for small scale manufacture. Use more specific term where possible. back
monument STRUCTURE * A construction of unknown function, either extant or implied by archaeological evidence. If known, use more specific type. back
monument TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE * A house constructed with a basic timber framework; between the members are panels which can be infilled with timber, wattle and daub, plaster, brick or other materials. back
monument BLACKSMITHS WORKSHOP * Place where a smith works iron. May be for small scale local use or within a larger industrial complex. back
monument FORGE * A building or site where bloom iron or cast iron is forged into wrought iron. back

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