The Smithy is a Grade II listed building in the High Peak local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 April 1967. Outbuilding.
The Smithy
- WRENN ID
- buried-chalk-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- High Peak
- Constituency
- High Peak MP: Jon Pearce (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 April 1967
- Type
- Outbuilding
- Address
- The Smithy, Bowden Hall, Bowden Lane, Chapel-En-Le-Frith, SK23 0QP
- OS grid reference
- SK 067 817
- Coordinates
- 53.33272, -1.90039
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Smithy is a former outbuilding dating from the 18th century, located on the south side of Bowden Lane in Chapel-en-le-Frith. It is constructed of coursed gritstone rubble with quoins and features a hipped stone slate roof with stone ridges. A central stone ridge stack is adorned with decorative bands. The building is two storeys high and has two bays.
The west elevation facing the road has two three-light recessed and chamfered windows with mullions and transoms. Above these are two low three-light recessed and chamfered mullion windows with leaded lights. The east elevation includes two doorcases with large flush jambs, lintels, and imposts, leading to plank doors. A cantilevered stone staircase provides access to a central door above, which also has a plank door.
Inside, the ground floor features ovolo moulded beams and remains of bread ovens, while most of the roof timbers date from the 20th century.
Local climate
The Smithy sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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