Smith Opposite Broadwood Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1987. Smithy.

Smith Opposite Broadwood Cottages

WRENN ID
haunted-quoin-frost
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
North Durham MP: Luke Akehurst (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 June 1987
Type
Smithy
Address
Smith Opposite Broadwood Cottages, B6296, Lanchester
OS grid reference
NZ 135 454
Coordinates
54.80384, -1.79008
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This building is a smithy and outbuildings dating from the late 18th century to early 19th century. It is constructed from coursed sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings and irregular quoins, featuring roofs made of pantiles and stone flags, along with rendered chimneys. The structure is single-storey and consists of three bays in each of three sections, totaling nine bays.

The central entrance is a boarded Dutch door set in irregular stone jambs beneath a flat stone lintel. To the left, there is a small four-pane window with a similar lintel and a projecting stone sill, while a larger window to the right is blocked. The forge, located to the right of this section, has central boarded vehicle doors and an iron tethering ring on the left. An outbuilding at the left end also features vehicle doors and a small square window. The roofs have varying pitches, with the central section being steeper, and there is a square chimney stack located mid-slope on the forge at the right, along with a banded chimney on the right end. The left return gable includes a passage between the front and rear parts of the building.

Local climate

Smith Opposite Broadwood Cottages receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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