Smithy, Newbridge, Dumfries is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 July 1961. Smithy.
Smithy, Newbridge, Dumfries
- WRENN ID
- cold-brick-azure
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 11 July 1961
- Type
- Smithy
- OS grid reference
- NX 949 790
- Coordinates
- 55.0945, -3.64798
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The building is an early 19th century single-storey smithy located in Newbridge, Dumfries. It has a gable facing the road and features a wide round-arched doorway, which is dated 1861 on a label stop. The exterior is made of painted rubble with ashlar margins. The west elevation has three bays, with a central door flanked by small-paned iron-framed windows. The roof is covered with corrugated asbestos. There are modern, lightly constructed extensions that adjoin the north and east walls.
Local climate
Smithy, Newbridge, Dumfries sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,230 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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