The Old Smithy is a Grade II listed building in the North Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1986. House.
The Old Smithy
- WRENN ID
- sunken-spire-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Kesteven
- Constituency
- Sleaford and North Hykeham MP: Dr Caroline Johnson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 June 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Smithy, School Lane, Beckingham
- OS grid reference
- SK 877 538
- Coordinates
- 53.07439, -0.69203
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Smithy is a building that has been converted from three cottages into a house. It dates from the late 18th century and early 19th century. The structure is made of brick and has a pantile roof, featuring a single gable and a single ridge stack, as well as dentilated eaves. It is two stories high.
On the southern side, there is a single bay cottage with a steep pitched roof. This cottage has a central 19th-century plank door, with a 2-light segment-headed sliding sash window to the left and a small fixed light window to the right. Above this, there is a single 2-light sliding sash window at the eaves.
To the north, there is a later pair of cottages that have been combined. They feature a 19th-century panelled door on the left, a 2-light sliding sash window to the right, followed by a blocked doorway and a plain sash window beyond, all with segment heads. Above, there are two plain sash windows in the eaves.
Local climate
The Old Smithy sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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