Smith Bottom is a Grade II listed building in the Ribble Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1983. Barn.
Smith Bottom
- WRENN ID
- proud-keep-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ribble Valley
- Constituency
- Ribble Valley MP: Maya Ellis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 November 1983
- Type
- Barn
- Address
- Smith Bottom, Dutton
- OS grid reference
- SD 655 384
- Coordinates
- 53.84147, -2.52521
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Smith Bottom is a 19th-century cruck barn with 17th-century remains, featuring crucks that date back to the 17th century or earlier. The structure is built from sandstone rubble and has a slate roof. The east wall includes a wide entrance with a timber lintel. The southern gable wall has a shippon doorway with a plain stone surround from the 19th century, along with three windows that have similar surrounds. The west wall contains a blocked wide entrance with a chamfered surround. Inside, there are two large cruck trusses, each with outriders and two spurs from each blade to the wall. The trusses have a yoke halved over the blades below the apex, and there is no tie beam. The southern truss features a collar, while the northern truss only has the housings for a collar remaining. The rafters and purlins have been replaced with modern materials.
Local climate
Smith Bottom sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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