Listed Building

The only legal part of the listing under the Planning (Listing Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997 is the address/name of site. Addresses and building names may have changed since the date of listing – see 'About Listed Buildings' below for more information. The further details below the 'Address/Name of Site' are provided for information purposes only.

Address/Name of Site

EDNAM SMITHYLB2070

Status: Designated

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Summary

Category
C
Date Added
07/11/2007
Local Authority
Scottish Borders
Planning Authority
Scottish Borders
Parish
Ednam
NGR
NT 73942 37215
Coordinates
373942, 637215

Description

Early 19th century. Single storey, rectangular-plan, symmetrical, former smithy comprising gabled central 3-bay section with slightly lower 2-bay, piend-roofed wings adjoining each gable. Harled and washed masonry. Thin sandstone ashlar margins to door and windows of central section. Principal elevation to S with central timber-boarded door and flanking windows. W wing with central door and flanking windows at W (end) elevation. E wing open at E elevation to form vehicle entrance.

Predominantly small-pane glazing in metal-framed windows. Ashlar-coped skews. Coped brick stack. Graded grey slate.

Statement of Special Interest

The smithy occupies a very prominent position in the centre of Ednam at the apex of the junction between the B6461 to Kelso and the minor road connecting Ednam with the A698. A smithy in this position can be traced on maps from at least the early 19th century and possibly earlier. The smithy cottage positioned to the SE appears to have been built by the mid-19th century. The symmetrical arrangement and the piend-roofed wings are rather unusual.

References

Bibliography

Matthew Stobie, A Map of Roxburghshire or Tiviotdale (1770). John Ainslie, Ainslie's Map of the Southern Part of Scotland (1821). William Crawford and William Brooke, Map Embracing Extensive Portions of the Counties of Roxburghshire Berwick Selkirk & Midlothian and Part of Northumberland (1843). 1st Edition Ordnance Survey map (circa 1863). 2nd Edition Ordnance Survey map (circa 1899). John Hume: The Industrial Archaeology of Scotland: Lowlands volume 1 (1976) p229.

About Listed Buildings

Historic Environment Scotland is responsible for designating sites and places at the national level. These designations are Scheduled monuments, Listed buildings, Inventory of gardens and designed landscapes and Inventory of historic battlefields.

We make recommendations to the Scottish Government about historic marine protected areas, and the Scottish Ministers decide whether to designate.

Listing is the process that identifies, designates and provides statutory protection for buildings of special architectural or historic interest as set out in the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997.

We list buildings which are found to be of special architectural or historic interest using the selection guidance published in Designation Policy and Selection Guidance (2019)

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