Old Blacksmiths House is a Grade II listed building in the North West Leicestershire local planning authority area, England. House.
Old Blacksmiths House
- WRENN ID
- ghost-plinth-rye
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North West Leicestershire
- Constituency
- North West Leicestershire MP: Amanda Hack (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- Old Blacksmiths House, 34, Main Street, Swannington
- OS grid reference
- SK 415 162
- Coordinates
- 52.74244, -1.38624
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Blacksmith's House is a house dating from the early 17th century. It is constructed from coursed squared rubble and features a plinth. The gable faces the road, and the building has two storeys with an attic. The gable facade includes a two-light chamfered mullioned attic window. The other windows are casements with brick arched heads that have replaced the original openings, although traces of the jambs are still visible. The doorway on the gable end has a brick cambered head.
On the Church Lane facade, there is a chamfered plinth and two blocked two-light mullioned windows on the first floor. There are indications that the roof has been heightened.
Local climate
Old Blacksmiths House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% 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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