Smithy Attached to Primrose Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1986. Smithy.
Smithy Attached to Primrose Cottage
- WRENN ID
- watchful-latch-solstice
- 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
- Smithy
- OS grid reference
- SK 916 540
- Coordinates
- 53.076, -0.63297
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building is a smithy attached to Primrose Cottage, dating from the late 18th century. It is constructed from coursed rubble and brick, topped with a pantile roof that features a large glazed roof light and a single brick gable stack on the south side. The structure has irregular quoins and brick-decorated eaves. It is a single storey with three bays, featuring a central stable door flanked by two-light glazing bar sliding sashes set under wooden lintels.
Local climate
Smithy Attached to Primrose Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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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