The Smithy, Lawers is a Grade C listed building in the Perth and Kinross local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
The Smithy, Lawers
- WRENN ID
- low-steel-magpie
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Perth and Kinross
- Constituency
- Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 October 1971
- Type
- Cottage
- OS grid reference
- NN 679 399
- Coordinates
- 56.53282, -4.14905
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Smithy in Lawers is a single-storey cottage built around 1830, designed in a T-plan layout and constructed from rubble. It includes an attached smithy. The building was re-categorised from Grade B to Grade C(S) in 2006, highlighting its significance as part of a group of buildings. The listing applies to both the interior and exterior of the structure, as is appropriate for this type of building.
Local climate
The Smithy, Lawers sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,430 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 83 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 61 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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