Blacksmiths House and Smithy Watergate is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 April 1985. House, smithy.
Blacksmiths House and Smithy Watergate
- WRENN ID
- grim-finial-jay
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 April 1985
- Type
- House, smithy
- Address
- Blacksmiths House and Smithy Watergate, Lanteglos
- OS grid reference
- SX 143 524
- Coordinates
- 50.34247, -4.61051
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Blacksmiths House and Smithy, located at Watergate, is a house and adjoining smithy that is now used as a store. It dates from the early 19th century and is constructed of rubble stone. The house features brick segmental arches over its openings and has a slate roof with brick stacks at the gable ends. It is two storeys high and has a symmetrical three-window front. The ground floor includes a tripartite sash window with glazing bars, flanked by 16-pane sash windows, and a central timber door. On the first floor, there are three 16-pane sashes without horns.
The smithy, which is attached to the right-hand gable end of the house, is a single-storey structure that now has a plastic corrugated lean-to roof, replacing its original slate gable-ended roof. It has a large opening on the left side and two square openings on the right with timber shutters, along with a brick stack at the rear. The interior of the smithy contains two large fireplaces, while the interior of the house has not been inspected.
Local climate
Blacksmiths House and Smithy Watergate sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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