Number 45 and Former Smithy is a Grade II listed building in the Darlington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 July 1986. A C18 House, smithy. 3 related planning applications.
Number 45 and Former Smithy
- WRENN ID
- slow-keystone-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Darlington
- Constituency
- Darlington MP: Lola McEvoy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 July 1986
- Type
- House, smithy
- Address
- Number 45 and Former Smithy, Church View, Heighington, DL5 6PN
- OS grid reference
- NZ 250 224
- Coordinates
- 54.59653, -1.61357
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Number 45 and the former smithy is a house and former smithy, likely dating from the early 18th century, with significant alterations. The building features partly-rendered rubble and has pantiled roofs along with a rebuilt brick chimney stack. The house includes a gabled rear wing and the smithy is located on the right side.
The house is two storeys high and has two windows. The door has been replaced and features a 4-pane overlight within a 19th-century surround. This surround has alternating jambs with vermiculate rustication and a corniced lintel. To the right, there is a late 20th-century canted bay window. Above the door, there is a small 4-pane casement, and to the right, a 6-pane sash window set in a wooden architrave. The roof has raised verges and two late 20th-century skylights, with a stack at the right end.
The single-storey smithy has a Dutch door and a 16-pane horizontal-sliding sash window to the left. It features a steeply-pitched roof with slightly-swept eaves. The rear wing consists of two low storeys. This building is included for its group value.
Local climate
Number 45 and Former Smithy receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% 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 — 4 transactions since 2001
- 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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