Old Blacksmiths Shop, Bensmoor Road, Springfield is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971.
Old Blacksmiths Shop, Bensmoor Road, Springfield
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-spindle-auburn
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1971
- OS grid reference
- NY 321 683
- Coordinates
- 55.00523, -3.06287
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Old Blacksmith’s Shop, located on Bensmoor Road in Springfield, is a group of three, single-storey cottages, originally arranged as a row, dating from the 18th and 19th centuries. The building has undergone alterations over time. Constructed primarily of rubble, it features ashlar and brick dressings, and is whitewashed with painted margins. The westernmost cottage likely dates to 1713 and retains long, squared rubble quoins and brick jambs. The central cottage has a wide, gabled front with a large, intersecting Y-traceried window. A brick porch is attached to the easternmost cottage, and a large slate “slapping” feature is visible in the east gable. Brick stacks rise from the roof, which is slate and swept over a full-width rear projection. The Statutory address is Springfield Village, Old Blacksmith’s Shop and Smithy.
Local climate
Old Blacksmiths Shop, Bensmoor Road, Springfield sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,090 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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