Former Smithy, Now Part of the Ship Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1994. Blacksmith's shop.

Former Smithy, Now Part of the Ship Inn

WRENN ID
stranded-tin-rowan
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 February 1994
Type
Blacksmith's shop
Address
Former Smithy, Now Part of the Ship Inn, the Wharf, Porthleven
OS grid reference
SW 627 256
Coordinates
50.08341, -5.31724
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The former smithy, now part of The Ship Inn, is a blacksmith's shop dating from the early 19th century. It features painted rubble walls and a grouted scantle slate roof that slopes down over an outshut at the rear left, with a brick stack on the right. The building has a small L-shaped plan and is a single storey with a one-window range. There is an original 16-pane hornless sash window high up towards the right, a blocked central doorway, and a doorway on the left. The right-hand end includes an original 12-pane horizontal-sliding sash window on the left. The rear has a 20th-century doorway, and the outshut has a doorway at the east end. The interior has not been inspected. This building is included for its group value as part of a planned early 19th-century port.

Local climate

Former Smithy, Now Part of the Ship Inn receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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