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Peaston, Smithy Houses, East House

House (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Peaston, Smithy Houses, East House

Classification House (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) West Peaston

Canmore ID 262045

Site Number NT46NW 141

NGR NT 42773 65297

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council East Lothian
  • Parish Ormiston
  • Former Region Lothian
  • Former District East Lothian
  • Former County East Lothian

Site Management (6 October 2011)

18th century smithy with 2 later smithy houses with later alterations in prominent continuous row, at bend in road. Rubble with squared stone dressings and harl pointing, cement repairs to openings of smithy houses. Smithy houses set back slightly from smithy. 2-storey with 1st floor breaking eaves, 4-bay. Fanlit, boarded doors with relieving arches over in bays to centre with windows to outer bays and gabled dormerheads breaking eaves above outer bays and between those to centre, outer dormerheads with stone coping. Blank return gable. Openings to rear. 12-pane and 4-pane sash and case windows. Stone coping to skews and harled stacks. Grey slates.

Fronting Peaston Steading, opposite now ruinous former bothy houses and the Grieve's house . A good example of East Lothian vernacular (Historic Scotland)

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