The Old Blacksmiths is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. A Early C19 Cottage. 1 related planning application.
The Old Blacksmiths
- WRENN ID
- muted-quartz-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Old Blacksmiths, Whittington, NE19 2HA
- OS grid reference
- NZ 004 708
- Coordinates
- 55.03179, -1.99385
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Blacksmiths is a former blacksmith's forge that has been converted into a cottage, dating from the early 19th century. It is constructed of random rubble with tooled-and-margined ashlar dressings and quoins, topped with a Welsh slate roof. The building is single storey and consists of four bays, featuring a 20th-century glazed door in the third bay. There are also 2-light mullioned windows with 6-pane casements. The gabled roof has flat coping and a tall corniced end stack on the left. This building is included for its group value.
Local climate
The Old Blacksmiths receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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