Smithy Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1967. Cottage. 7 related planning applications.

Smithy Cottage

WRENN ID
long-alcove-fog
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 Cottage, Stone House Lane, Peckforton, CW6 9TN
OS grid reference
SJ 538 566
Coordinates
53.10532, -2.69106
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Smithy Cottage is a late 17th-century cottage located on Stone House Lane in Peckforton. The building is constructed of timber-frame with stone and brick nogging, and has a machine tile roof. It is a single-storey and attic structure with two bays. A stone plinth runs along the base of the building, with the south gable also in stone and a stone lean-to extending from the north gable. The facade features small timber framing with short angle and tension braces. A replaced ledged and braced door has been fitted with false strap hinges. The windows are cast iron, in a Tollemache style, with those to the upper floor set within gabled half dormers. A rebuilt diagonal single-flue stack is present. Inside, the cottage contains bevelled beams and exposed ceiling joists.

Local climate

Smithy Cottage receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 2003
  • Related listed building consents — 7 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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