Garton Heritage Forge

Blacksmiths and Forgemasters

Traditional and Contemporary Bespoke Ironwork of distinction

The Smithy, Main Street, Garton-On-The-Wolds, Driffield,

 East Yorkshire, Y025 3EU.

Tel. (01377) 241723, Fax (01262) 851153

John@Gartonheritageforge.fsnet.co.uk

Welcome to Living With Tradition.co.uk. This is the Garton Heritage Forge Website; we are traditional English blacksmiths of the highest standard working in the traditional time-honoured ways of fashioning red hot metal on the anvil. 

Our workshop, 'The Smithy' in the rural village of Garton On The Wolds, close to Driffield in the heart of East Yorkshire. 

At Garton Heritage Forge we offer something rare today; we offer hand made bespoke products of distinction. Each creation we produce is as individual as the person who is ordering it. Each product has it's own character . This is because each one is hand forged and individual. This is rare in the world today as the emphasis is on quality and NOT quantity. We aim to keep the traditional skills and qualities of English blacksmithing going into the new generation by offering functional necessary items combined with a unique artistic flavour that last from generation to generation.

At our forge deep in the heart of the English countryside we take pride in our work, we like to think we are making the antiques of the future using the same techniques as our forefathers and their forefathers before them.

Our workshop, 'the Smithy' is situated in the small rural village of Garton On The Wolds where it was built (we believe) in the 1800's as a blacksmiths shop and has been used as a blacksmiths shop from generation to generation.

Private and business clients throughout the world commission us to carry out a vary wide variety of architectural and ornamental ironwork; from tasteful security grilles for Banks and Building Societies in historic country towns, to grand iron entrance gates for country houses; from small examples of handcrafted ironmongery such as our traditionally 'forged' Suffolk latches and traditional door hinges, to large Council projects we can accommodate them all no matter how small or large, complicated or simplistic. Because we are blacksmiths and not fabricators we can also accommodate your own individual specific specifications and designs or construct 'real' wrought ironwork to match existing works which maybe centuries old.

Garton Heritage Forge is very proud to be closely associated with David Athey. Please take the time and visit www.davidathey.co.uk and view his amazing sculptures.

David Athey creates bird sculptures in metal,  primarily mild steel but incorporating non-ferrous metals if required. The sculptures are heat-treated to give patina and colour variation, prior to coating with clear lacquer. The bird sculptures are life-size. Depending on the type of bird, the mounts are either timber or stone with beize base. Each sculpture is accompanied with a certificate of authenticity containing a  photograph of the piece, dated and signed by the artist.
David spent twenty years as a self-employed artist-blacksmith during which time he developed the unique technique used in his bird sculptures which now occupy the majority of his time.

Contact Information

You can contact us via mail, telephone, fax or e-mail. all the details are listed below;

International Telephone

+44 (0)1377 241723

 

UK Telephone

(01377) 241723

 

International FAX

+44 (0)1262 851153

 

UK FAX

(01262) 851153

 

Postal address

Garton Heritage Forge,

Main Street, Garton On The Wolds,

Driffield, East Yorkshire,

Yo25 3EU, England

 

Electronic mail

Sales: John@gartonheritageforge.fsnet.co.uk