5 Low Vennel Smithy Wigtown, Scotland
Listed Building Data
5 Low Vennel Smithy has been designated a scheduled monument in Scotland with the following information. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- Historic Scotland ID
- 388938 (entity ID)
- Building ID
- 42400
- Canmore ID
- 63359
- Category
- C
- Name
- 5 Low Vennel Smithy
- Parish
- Wigtown
- County
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Easting
- 243401
- Northing
- 555433
- Date Listed
- 17 December 1979
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
Early to earlier 19th century. 2-storey, 3-bay house aDJOINED TO RIGHT OF "=STOREY WROKSHOP> Painted rubble. Channelled quoins dividing properties (some removed), and base course to 3-bay house. Door to centre of house, panelled door with rectangular fanlight, flanked by small windows with 2 windows above at 1st floor. Return elevation to right retaining lower gable of formerly adjoining property. Smithy to left with later sliding machinery door to right and window to left; 2 1st floor windows. Accommodation above. Return elevation to left with evidence of former adjoining property. Some 4-pane glazing retained in sash and case windows, others blocked. Rubberoid roofing material to house. End and mutual gable stacks.
Listed Building Statement of Special Interest
Text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
Identified in Scottish Civic Trust Buildings at Risk Register, 1991
