Smithy House, Balkello is a Grade C listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 30 June 1989. Cottage.
Smithy House, Balkello
- WRENN ID
- bitter-corbel-harvest
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Angus
- Constituency
- Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 30 June 1989
- Type
- Cottage
- OS grid reference
- NO 374 381
- Coordinates
- 56.53128, -3.01778
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Smithy House in Balkello dates from around 1800, with a mid-19th century wing added to the south. It is a single-storey U-plan cottage and smithy constructed from rubble masonry, featuring stone, a slate roof, and a corrugated sheet metal roof. The building has end stacks and various glazing patterns.
On the east elevation, there are lean-to additions at the center that conceal a two-leaf timber door leading to the smithy on the right. This elevation also includes two rooflights and a coped gable stack on the right, complete with thackstanes. The lower wing projects to the right and has an off-centre door at the gable end, topped with a corrugated sheet metal roof. The wing on the left is advanced and features a sash and case window on the right, a window on the right return, and a small attic window.
The south elevation has three bays, with a door at the center that leads to a dilapidated glazed porch and flanking windows. This side has a slate roof and a harled gablehead.
Inside, there is a forge located at the north end of the circa 1800 wing.
Local climate
Smithy House, Balkello receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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