Smithy (Former)
Date 6 October 2011
Event ID 916632
Category Management
Type Site Management
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/916632
Single storey, 3-bay smithy with door to centre flanked by windows. Windows and door to rear. Steeply pitched gables.INTERIOR: forge to outer gable with working hearth in place. Plate glass glazing in sash and case windows. Boarded door. Brick coped skews and brick stack. Red pantiles with 3 sections of clear glazing tiles.
Fronting Peaston Steading, opposite now ruinous former bothy houses and the Grieve's house . A good example of East Lothian vernacular. (Historic Scotland)
Photographs in the RCAHMS archive, taken in 1997, show the smithy in active use.
