Smith's House is a Grade II listed building in the Newark and Sherwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 March 1986. House. 1 related planning application.

Smith's House

WRENN ID
calm-pilaster-solstice
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Newark and Sherwood
Constituency
Newark MP: Robert Jenrick (RUK)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 March 1986
Type
House
Address
Smith's House, Low Street, Elston, NG23 5PA
OS grid reference
SK 759 482
Coordinates
53.02624, -0.86924
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Smith's House is a house that was formerly a house and shop, dating from the early 17th century. It features a timber frame with late 18th century red brick cladding, some dressed coursed rubble, and render, along with a rubble plinth and a pantile roof. The house has two gable and one ridge red brick stacks, with the right stack being external. The visible wall plate indicates its construction style.

The building is two storeys high and consists of five bays, with the right two bays slightly projecting. From left to right, there is one doorway with a wooden door, a single glazing bar Yorkshire sash window, another single Yorkshire sash, a doorway with a part-glazed door and a gabled wood and felt trellis porch, and a final single Yorkshire sash. Above these, there is a small casement window and, on the far right, another glazing bar Yorkshire sash.

The left or road-facing front has a ground floor made of dressed coursed rubble, featuring a single 20th-century shop window. Above this is a single Yorkshire sash window, with a metal Cadbury's Cocoa sign to the right. Attached to the right of the main house is a single-storey, four-bay outbuilding made of red brick and pantile, which has been partially converted for domestic use. This outbuilding includes a single casement window and, to the right, a single Yorkshire sash window, along with two segmental arched doorways with plank doors further right. The interior of the house retains many beams and shows evidence of some posts.

Local climate

Smith's House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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