Former Smithy, Old Market Place, Banff is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 March 1995. Smithy. 3 related planning applications.

Former Smithy, Old Market Place, Banff

WRENN ID
distant-railing-marsh
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Constituency
Aberdeenshire North and Moray East MP: Seamus Logan (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 March 1995
Type
Smithy
Address
Former Smithy, Old Market Place, Banff, AB45 1HE
OS grid reference
NJ 692 639
Coordinates
57.66438, -2.5178
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The former smithy located in Old Market Place, Banff, dates from 1793 and 1796, built on a site that has origins in the 17th century. It features two parallel, single-storey buildings with lofts, which were previously used as meal-houses or stores, facing north and adjacent to the pavement. There is also an early 20th-century addition in the form of a parallel gabled range to the east. The buildings are harled, with the earlier structures showcasing tooled ashlar margins. Each former meal store has a ground floor doorway and a round-headed loft entrance directly above. The western range includes a re-used apex bellcote. The roofs are finished with corrugated asbestos and corrugated iron, and there are apex stacks present.

Local climate

Former Smithy, Old Market Place, Banff receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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