Smithy Cottage, Dalswinton Village is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971.

Smithy Cottage, Dalswinton Village

WRENN ID
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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
NX 937 853
Coordinates
55.15097, -3.66904
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Smithy Cottage, probably dating from circa 1790, is a single-story building. The side elevation, facing the main road, has two bays, while the south elevation has six bays and an off-centre gabled porch. The exterior is constructed of painted rubble with margins, featuring sash windows with mostly plate glass. Two symmetrically placed apex chimneys are present. The roof is slate, with a piended shape on the main road elevation and a gabled shape to the west. It is likely that the cottage was part of the original village built by Patrick Miller of Dalswinton. The statutory address is Dalswinton Village Former Smithy.

Local climate

Smithy Cottage, Dalswinton Village sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,330 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 59 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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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