Smithy House is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1967. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Smithy House
- WRENN ID
- deep-jamb-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 January 1967
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Smithy House, Over Road, Church Minshull, CW5 6EA
- OS grid reference
- SJ 666 606
- Coordinates
- 53.14187, -2.4996
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Smithy House is a cottage from the early 17th century that has undergone some alterations and additions. It features a brick nogged timber frame and a tiled roof. The building stands two storeys high and has four window bays. The small framing includes angle braces, with timbers visible at both the front and rear. There is a boarded door located under a gabled canopy supported by curved brackets. The windows are flush casement style with glazing bars, and the original wallplate is visible in the wall, situated well below the current eaves level.
Inside, the cottage has bevelled beams and exposed bevelled joists, along with an inglenook beam. At the first floor level, there are wide board doors fitted with strap hinges and wind braces supporting the purlins.
Local climate
Smithy House receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% 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 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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 — 1 transaction since 2020
- 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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