Old Smithy, Inveraray is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 August 1966. Shop and restaurant.

Old Smithy, Inveraray

WRENN ID
slow-floor-rowan
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Argyll and Bute
Constituency
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
4 August 1966
Type
Shop and restaurant
OS grid reference
NN 095 086
Coordinates
56.23186, -5.07431
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Old Smithy in Inveraray is a traditional building from the later 18th century, featuring one and a half storeys. The exterior is harled, and it has a gabled shape with a later slate roof that reveals exposed timbers. There are two gabled dormers on the roof. The ground floor was used as a smithy, which has three low openings. The smith's house is located in the attic and is accessed by an outside stair at one end of the building.

Local climate

Old Smithy, Inveraray sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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