Former Smithy to West of No 29 is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 January 1988. A Not stated Smithy. 3 related planning applications.

Former Smithy to West of No 29

WRENN ID
worn-fireplace-plover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
City of Durham MP: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 January 1988
Type
Smithy
Period
Not stated
Address
Former Smithy to West of No 29, Front Street, Witton Gilbert, DH7 6TQ
OS grid reference
NZ 230 457
Coordinates
54.80569, -1.64241
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The former smithy located to the west of No. 29 on Front Street in Witton Gilbert is likely from the early 19th century. The building is rendered and features quoins and ashlar dressings, with the left side made of sandstone rubble. It has a pantiled roof and is a single storey with three bays. There is a boarded Dutch door on the left beneath a flat stone lintel, with similar lintels above a shuttered smithy window in the center and a small square window on the right, both having projecting stone sills. The left side has a wooden lintel over a boarded opening in the gable peak. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Former Smithy to West of No 29 receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2018
  • Related listed building consents — 3 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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