Old Smithy is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1983. Cottage, smithy.
Old Smithy
- WRENN ID
- far-spandrel-quill
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 August 1983
- Type
- Cottage, smithy
- Address
- Old Smithy, Wrexham Road, Cuddington
- OS grid reference
- SJ 457 465
- Coordinates
- 53.01305, -2.80988
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Smithy is a cottage that was formerly a school and smithy, dating from the mid-18th century, with later additions to the rear and sides. The building is constructed of limewashed brick and features a pantile roof. It stands two storeys high and has a two-cell plan. The windows are two-light timber casements with iron stays. There is a doorway into the left cell that has an added porch. The brick stacks at the gables have collars, and the gable parapets are topped with tile coping and brick kneelers. Inside, there is an inglenook fireplace with a large internal stack and a chamfered beam. The right-hand room has a replaced ceiling.
Local climate
Old Smithy receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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