Blacksmiths Arms, Broughton Mills

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The Blacksmiths Arms

The Blacksmiths Arms is a Grade II listed public house at Broughton Mills, Cumbria, England. [1]

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It is on the Campaign for Real Ale's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors. [2]

History

Parts of the building date from 1577 when it was a farmhouse called "Broadstones". [3] It was revised and converted into an inn in 1748, [1] [3] when it included a blacksmith's forge and had a working farm of 34 acres (14 ha). [3]

The chef Michael Lane took over the pub in 2004. [4]

Architecture

The roughcast stone whitewashed building has stone flagstone floors and a slate roof. [5] [1] The two-storey structure is of four-bays. [1]

In one of the dining rooms is the original range and fireplace. [4] There are still working gas lights in two of the rooms. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Historic England, "The Blacksmiths Arms, Broughton Mills (1335972)", National Heritage List for England , retrieved 18 August 2014
  2. ↑ Brandwood, Geoff (2013). Britain's best real heritage pubs. St. Albans: CAMRA. pp. 28–29. ISBN   9781852493042.
  3. 1 2 3 "History". Blacksmiths Arms. Archived from the original on 14 June 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Blacksmiths Arms". Sugarvine. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  5. ↑ "The Blacksmith's Arms, Broughton Mills". Northern Pubs. Retrieved 15 March 2020.

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