The Old Smithy, 606 Old Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh is a Grade C listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 April 1996. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.

The Old Smithy, 606 Old Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
sacred-forge-elm
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Midlothian MP: Kirsty McNeill (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 April 1996
Type
Cottage
Address
The Old Smithy, 606 Old Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh, EH16 4SN
OS grid reference
NT 303 694
Coordinates
55.91295, -3.11527
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Old Smithy is a pair of single-storey over basement terraced cottages from the early to mid-19th century, located on Old Dalkeith Road in Edinburgh. These cottages are built into a slope, with a two-storey section at the rear. They feature random rubble construction with ashlar dressings and have three bays, including a central door flanked by windows with modern glazing. There is a lean-to addition at the basement level against one gable. The roof is covered with grey slates and has ashlar coped skews, along with end and mutual stacks that have a simple cornice. To the south is the former smithy, which is a square rubble building with double doors facing the road and a felt-covered piended roof.

Local climate

The Old Smithy, 606 Old Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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