Former Blacksmith's Shop is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 8 July 1966. Blacksmith's shop.

Former Blacksmith's Shop

WRENN ID
lapsed-hammer-dock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Carmarthenshire
Constituency
Caerfyrddin MP: Ann Davies (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
8 July 1966
Type
Blacksmith's shop
Address
Former Blacksmith's Shop, Talley
OS grid reference
SN 638 326
Coordinates
51.9754, -3.9831
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The former blacksmith's shop is a single-storey building dating from the mid to late 19th century. It is constructed from rubble and features a slate roof. On the right side, there is a dressed stone chimney stack with stone tabling. The doorway, also on the right, has a cambered head made of stone voussoirs and is fitted with a divided stable-type boarded door. There are two windows to the right of the doorway, which have similar heads made of stone voussoirs. Both windows have later 9-pane casements with top-hung upper lights. Together with the adjacent cart-house, this building forms an attractive roadside group.

Local climate

Former Blacksmith's Shop sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,360 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 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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