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Hard and brittle, cast in a mould to the required shape. Wrought iron is ductile, strong in tension, forged into decorative patterns or forged and rolled into e.g. bars, joists, boiler plates; mild steel is its modern equivalent, similar but stronger.
Middle cruckA type of timber construction in which the upper supports or blades rise from halfway up the walls to a tie-beam or collar-beam, rather than continuing up to the apex.Mild steelThe stronger modern equivalent of wrought ...
(1) an outdoor area used for winter-flowering plants, or, (2) a conservatory. wrought ironWrought Iron is iron which has been worked ('wrought') by hammering on a forge (though the word is often used for gates etc made by bending mild steel bars).
 See also: Doric, Wrought iron, Wrought, Finial, Ornament
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