Kirkton Manor, Smithy
Smithy (18th Century)
Site Name Kirkton Manor, Smithy
Classification Smithy (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Kirkton Manor Smithy
Canmore ID 51338
Site Number NT23NW 64
NGR NT 21950 37933
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/51338
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Manor
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Tweeddale
- Former County Peebles-shire
NT23NW 64 21950 37933
(Location cited as NT 221 379). Kirkton Manor Smithy, built c. 1800 and subsequently extended. A pictiuresque single-storey rubble building with a large square-section chimney stack. Now disused.
J R Hume 1976.
Detatched former smithy (behind Post Office) contains a well preserved forge. Large estate smithy built for shoeing horses and making/ repairing the estate's ironmongery. Substantial rubble constructed building with two massive chimneys for the smiths' hearths. (SCRAN)
Sbc Note (15 April 2016)
Visibility: Standing structure or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
