The Smithy is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1985. Smithy, cottage. 1 related planning application.
The Smithy
- WRENN ID
- sheer-sentry-harvest
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1985
- Type
- Smithy, cottage
- Address
- The Smithy, Fowberry, Chatton, NE71 6ER
- OS grid reference
- NU 034 293
- Coordinates
- 55.55764, -1.94722
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Smithy is a former smithy and attached cottage dating from the early 19th century. It is constructed of dressed stone and features a Welsh slate roof. The building is single storey and one room deep, with a lobby entry. The doorway has a chamfered surround, and the windows also have chamfered surrounds, featuring 12-pane sash windows on the left and right. In the former smithy, there is a small square window and a Victorian mullioned window, both fitted with casements that have many small squared panes. The rear of the building has similar windows, as well as a stable door. There are two stacks with caps, and a 19th-century iron railing with hooped tops and spiked finials on the gateposts. A mid-20th century dormer window is also present.
Local climate
The Smithy receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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- 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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