The Smithy is a Grade II listed building in the Chorley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 April 1967. Smithy.
The Smithy
- WRENN ID
- still-threshold-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chorley
- Constituency
- South Ribble MP: Mr Paul Foster (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 April 1967
- Type
- Smithy
- Address
- The Smithy, 1a, Church Street, Croston, PR26 9HA
- OS grid reference
- SD 489 184
- Coordinates
- 53.66011, -2.77355
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Smithy is a former smithy, likely built in the early 19th century. It is constructed of handmade brick and has a slate roof. The building is a small, rectangular, single-storey structure featuring a large full-height door at the left end, a small board door in the center, and coupled four-pane windows to the right, which are non-opening. There is a chimney located at the right gable. The interior retains its original floor.
Local climate
The Smithy sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,240 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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