The Smithy is a Grade II listed building in the Amber Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 February 1967. Smithy.
The Smithy
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-gargoyle-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Amber Valley
- Constituency
- Mid Derbyshire MP: Jonathan Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 February 1967
- Type
- Smithy
- Address
- The Smithy, Kedleston Road
- OS grid reference
- SK 305 414
- Coordinates
- 52.96929, -1.54596
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Smithy is a late 18th-century building that has been converted into a private house. It is constructed of colourwashed brick and features a hipped and gabled Welsh slate roof, with two brick ridge stacks and a gable stack. The building is two storeys tall and has an L-shaped plan.
The north elevation consists of four bays, with the ground floor showcasing four pointed-arched windows that have wooden Y-tracery, set within larger round-arched recesses that include a plain impost band. Above, there are four more pointed-arched windows with wooden Y-tracery. The east elevation mirrors this with two bays, where the left bay features a Venetian-type doorway with a pointed-arched door and a Gothic fanlight, flanked by rectangular side windows.
Local climate
The Smithy receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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