B Prothero and Co Blacksmiths

07/10/2026

At the Bristol Cenotaph which is undergoing some restoration, with the stonework being cleaned by Wild Conservation. Our team started to restore the bronze work yesterday. It has a biennial spruce up in time for Remembrance Day.

02/10/2026

Booking link: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/protheroblacksmiths

There are spaces on our Viking Knife making courses coming up. Taking bookings for Saturday November 21st now. Alex will be teaching the next few and Hannah will be making the cake! Thanks to all those who attended and enjoyed our last few courses - we appreciate being able to use your photos in this short vid.

01/10/2026

More work in progress on the Oxford Infirmary Maternity home gates. The leaves are being made in matching pairs and formed using repousee techniques. This is a big team effort project with everyone in the forge using their skills.

29/09/2026

Panels- work in progress for a gate restoration / replica at Oxford’s old Radcliffe Infirmary Maternity home. We’ve been working from old photographs to try and create accurate details. More photos of detailed repousee work to follow.

26/09/2026

Saturday course - today we have Al and Dan in the workshop and a group making Viking Knives.
One or two places still left for our our October course and spaces in November too. Victoria Sponge cake and freshly brewed Rave Coffee for refreshments 🍰 https://www.tickettailor.com/events/protheroblacksmiths/2317390?date=2026-10-17

07/09/2026

Come make a fire poker or viking knife on one of our workshop blacksmith experience days with one of our experienced instructors - currently Dan, Alex or myself. Spaces available for Saturday 17th October. Link in bio. 🔥

07/09/2026

Spaces available on Saturday the 17th October for our popular blacksmith experience day near The Camp, between Stroud and Cheltenham. Make a Viking knife or a fire poker from scratch with one of our experienced blacksmith instructors. Small group, excellent cake and coffee included!
Tickets here:

Blacksmith Experience Day - Make a Viking Knife or Fire Poker – B Prothero & Co Blacksmiths Ltd - Unit 20, Wayside Farm Estate, Multiple dates and times - FORGING AHEAD: BLACKSMITH EXPERIENCE with B Prothero & Co Blacksmiths offers a Forging Day for beginners. £175 per participant. This cou.....

14/07/2026

These gates were restored by our team for English Heritage Appuldurcombe House, Isle of Wight. They were in a sorry state when we removed them as you can see from our before photo! They’ve now been carefully restored. Many of the rusting bars needed building up as they were so badly eroded. It’s great to see a project in place after working hard on them over the last few months. We installed them last week and they certainly look the part now!

13/07/2026

St Laurence Church in Stroud asked local crafts people / artists to put in designs for some new apex roof crosses. The original stone ones were made of Cotswold limestone and over the years have eroded and broken up, meaning there are 9 apex crosses missing from the roof. My ironwork design was shortlisted - you can see the half size maquette along with other shortlisted designs in the church this month. The design was inspired by elements already existing in the church building and surrounding grounds. My plan is to recycle old ironwork donated by the community and reforge it into new bar. If the design gets chosen our team will be inviting local groups to be part of the making process. Do go see it in person and put a comment in the visitors book! It would be a great project to be selected for.

29/06/2026

A big thanks to skilled blacksmith Dan for teaching on Saturday. The weather had cooled a little from the heatwave earlier in the week but it was still very warm with three forges blazing 🔥 ! We made sure we had a fridge of complimentary cool drinks 💧 for everyone who took part. However, because we don’t want to cook anyone and keep the experience enjoyable, we are not running courses in July and August. But DO spread the word because we have a September experience ready to book on ticket tailor now. We are also discussing new ideas for what we’d like to make on future courses. Check out our ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Google reviews to see what attendees have said about their experiences. 😁