Former Smithy, Bengall is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 February 1988. Smithy.
Former Smithy, Bengall
- WRENN ID
- silver-latch-marsh
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1988
- Type
- Smithy
- OS grid reference
- NY 111 781
- Coordinates
- 55.0902, -3.39385
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The former smithy at Bengall dates back to the early 19th century. It is a single-storey building with an apsidal shape, constructed from rubble and finished with whitewash. There are openings on the sides, including a wide cartway window on the east side and a window on the west flank, along with a modern wide vehicle entrance. The roof is gabled at the south end and curved at the north, covered with graded slates.
Local climate
Former Smithy, Bengall sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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