Striking: this 150-year-old farrier’s shop in Zwolle is also a home and is for sale | Zwolle

A hammer, pincers, horseshoe, the year 1885 and the text ‘JH Eijhusen and Zn’. The facade of the building at Thomas a Kempisstraat 38 reveals that you are standing in front of an old blacksmith’s shop. Just like the wooden roof. Below, the horses used to be secured in the hoof stable, so that the farrier would lift a horse’s leg with a rope. 1885 refers to the year that Eijhusen started a forge in the building. Before that it was also used as an inn for centuries.

The almost 150-year-old forge and associated tools are still completely intact. And they stay that way. If you buy the house, you are obliged to keep the old forge. When you walk out of the forge, you imagine yourself in the world of today, because the rest of the house has been modernized and renovated by the current residents. The living room consists of a steel door with a white floor and the wooden beams of the ceiling are white. There is also a glass extension at the rear, where you will find the kitchen, among other things.

More new and old details in the monumental building can be found above. The old wooden beams are visible everywhere. For example in the three bedrooms and bathroom, where you will find a modern walk-in shower. Also nice: there is a south-facing backyard. The space is paved and is ten meters deep and 7.5 meters wide.

Interested? The cottage including farrier’s shop is for sale for 550,000 euros. For that money you get 109 square meters of space, a plot of 143 square meters, three bedrooms, a bathroom and two toilets. The building is monumental and therefore does not have an energy label.

Curious what the house with the old forge looks like? Check the photos:

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