Description

Early 19th century. Single storey, 3-bay, gabled, rectangular-plan smithy with taller half-piend, 2-bay addition to W. Squared and snecked sandstone with dressed quoins and margins. Raised cills.

N (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: bays grouped toward centre, off-centre 2-leaf door with droved margin, flanking 16-pane sash and case windows. Taller bays to W; simple boarded door with 3-pane letterbox fanlight above. Fixed 6-pane window to right.

S AND E ELEVATIONS: blank.

W ELEVATION: 2-bay, undressed window at centre with wooden jambs and lintel, boarded door to right with droved margin.

Slate roof, pitched ridge ventilator.

INTERIOR: heavy wooden boarded floor, exposed roof timbers. Large lean-to brick forge at E end (now operated mechanically), remains of forge at West end.

BOUNDARY WALL: rubble wall with semi-circular coping curves around area of blacksmith's court.

Statement of Interest

The smithy is listed Cat B for interest as one of the few remaining working smithies. The weather-vane on Kirkliston Parish Church was crafted by the present smithy.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17811498

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Recommended Books

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)