Blacksmith's Shop is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. Workshop.
Blacksmith's Shop
- WRENN ID
- noble-gravel-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Carlisle MP: Ms Julie Minns (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Workshop
- Address
- Blacksmith's Shop, Wetheral
- OS grid reference
- NY 472 543
- Coordinates
- 54.8815, -2.82445
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building is a motor repair workshop that was formerly a blacksmith's shop, dating from 1833, as indicated by Roman numerals on one pillar and the initials C.M.H. (Howard) on the other, associated with the Howard family of Corby Castle. It is constructed of tooled red sandstone ashlar with moulded dressings, featuring a slate roof and a brick chimney stack. The structure is a single storey and attic, consisting of one bay, designed to represent Vulcan's forge.
The porch has two short columns with free capitals and a rounded moulded arch that includes a carved circular panel, which is much weathered. It also has a moulded cornice and a blocking course. The round-headed entrance is adorned with continuous roll-moulding, which Pevsner notes may have originated from a church and dates to around 1200. Decorative buttresses are positioned on either side of the porch, with short walls that end in moulded piers, creating a back-rest for stone seats. The covered porch was originally used for shoeing horses. The front features a thick iron-studded oak door and lacks windows.
Local climate
Blacksmith's Shop sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,090 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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